Intravitreal aflibercept (Eylea) injection for cystoid macular edema secondary to retinitis pigmentosa - A first case report and short review of the literature

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Moustafa, Giannis Aimant ^a   Moschos, Marilita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aflibercept; Cystoid macular edema; Eylea; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

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

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84933529808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-015-0033-z     Document Type: Article

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