Comparison of early dexamethasone retreatment versus standard dexamethasone regimen combined with PRN ranibizumab in diabetic macular edema

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 185-196

  Arıkan Yorgun, Mücella ^a   Toklu, Yasin ^a   Mutlu, Melek ^a  

^a YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Diabetes mellitus; Persistent diabetic macular edema; Ranibizumab

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; RANIBIZUMAB; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; DRUG IMPLANT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CENTRAL MACULAR THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IMPLANTATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG IMPLANT; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; DEXAMETHASONE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG IMPLANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANIBIZUMAB; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84966697376     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: 15732630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-016-0251-2     Document Type: Article

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