Pretreatment clinical variables associated with the response to intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injection in patients with persistent diabetic macular edema
Author(s) -
Fareed A. Warid AL-Laftah,
Maha Elshafie,
Mustafa Al-Hashimi,
Aant Pai,
Mohammad Farouq
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
saudi journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2542-6680
pISSN - 1319-4534
DOI - 10.1016/j.sjopt.2010.05.001
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , diabetic retinopathy , visual acuity , macular edema , intraocular pressure , bevacizumab , triamcinolone acetonide , macular degeneration , diabetes mellitus , surgery , chemotherapy , endocrinology
The purpose of the study is to determine whether the pre-treatment clinical systemic variables and optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings are associated with the subsequent response to the intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in eyes with persistent diabetic macular edema (DME).
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