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Ocular Immunology and Inflammation Volume 27, 2019 - Issue 2
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Twenty-Four Months Follow-Up of Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection Versus Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection for the Management of Persistent Non-Infectious Uveitic Cystoid Macular Edema

Andrés F. LasaveFrom the Retina and Vitreous Service, Clinica Privada de Ojos, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
, MD,
Ariel SchlaenServicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Austral, Derqui-Pilar, Argentina
, MD,
David G. ZeballosRetina and Vitreous Service, Clinica Oftalmologica Centro Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
, MD,
Manuel Díaz-LlopisConsorcio Hospital, General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
, MD,
Cristóbal CoutoUveitis Clinics, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
, MD,
Wael M. El-HaigOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
, MB, BS, MD &
J. Fernando ArevaloThe Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, FACS show all
Pages 294-302 | Received 17 Feb 2017, Accepted 30 Oct 2017, Published online: 20 Nov 2017

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