Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for diabetic macular oedema: A network meta-analysis

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Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Parravano, Mariacristina ^b   Evans, Jennifer R ^c   Gordon, Iris ^c   Lucenteforte, Ersilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; RANIBIZUMAB; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; APTAMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEGAPTANIB; TRIAMCINOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LASER COAGULATION; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG EFFECTS; MACULAR EDEMA; META ANALYSIS; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VISUAL ACUITY;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BEVACIZUMAB; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANIBIZUMAB; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRIAMCINOLONE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85021119472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007419.pub5     Document Type: Review

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