Systematic review and mixed treatment comparison of intravitreal aflibercept with other therapies for diabetic macular edema (DME)

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Korobelnik, Jean Francois ^a,b   Kleijnen, Jos ^c   Lang, Shona H ^d   Birnie, Richard ^d   Leadley, Regina M ^d   Misso, Kate ^d   Worthy, Gill ^d   Muston, Dominic ^e   Do, Diana V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KLEIJNEN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic macular edema (DME); Intravitreal aflibercept; Intravitreal ranibizumab; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYBRID PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACULAR EDEMA; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

DEXAMETHASONE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84931272312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-015-0035-x     Document Type: Article

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