Intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) as an adjuvant treatment in cases of neovascular glaucoma
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Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injection for neovascular glaucoma.
Neovascular glaucoma is a secondary glaucoma with grave prognosis which follows ischemic retinal disorders in the majority of cases. Mediators that induce new vessel formation such as the vascular endothelial growth factor-A seem to play a key role in the pathophysiology of this condition. Herein, we report 2 cases with neovascular glaucoma secondary to ischemic central retinal vein occlusion w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0974-9233
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.53865