Intravitreal triamcinolone and laser photocoagulation for retinal angiomatous proliferation
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Intravitreal triamcinolone and laser photocoagulation for retinal angiomatous proliferation.
BACKGROUND Recently, the entity of retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP) as a subtype of exudative age-related macular degeneration was described, but no treatment options have been established as yet. The only two therapeutic modalities being discussed are surgical lysis of the feeding arteriole and draining venule, and the use of photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal triamcinolone...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.092536