Systemic Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation
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Systemic Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation
Non infectious vitreous inflammation is often vision threatening and can be associated with potentially life-threatening systemic conditions. Treatment is often challenging as it involves systemic medications that can be associated with adverse effects. The classes of drugs are ever expanding and include corticosteroids, antimetabolites, alkylating agents, T-cell and calcineurin agents, biologi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mediators of Inflammation
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0962-9351,1466-1861
DOI: 10.1155/2012/936721