Efficacy and timing of adjunctive therapy in the anti-VEGF treatment regimen for macular oedema in retinal vein occlusion: 12-month real-world result

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 537-545

  Lip, P L ^a   Cikatricis, P ^a   Sarmad, A ^a   Damato, E M ^b   Chavan, R ^a   Mitra, A ^a   Elsherbiny, S ^c   Yang, Y ^d,e   Mushtaq, B ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; RANIBIZUMAB; STEROID; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CATARACT; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CENTRAL RETINAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEMIRETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MACULAR EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; SIDE EFFECT; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; COMPLICATION; DRUG IMPLANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANIBIZUMAB; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85043244751     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2017.230     Document Type: Article

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