Successful Treatment of Chronic Pseudophakic Macular Edema (Irvine-Gass Syndrome) with Interferon Alpha: A Report of Three Cases

Christoph M. E. DeuterCentre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]

, MD,

Faik GeliskenCentre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

, MD,

Nicole Stübiger

, MD,

Manfred ZierhutCentre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

, MD &

Deshka DoychevaCentre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

, MD

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