Boston keratoprosthesis in epithelial downgrowth
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Epithelial downgrowth after type 1 Boston keratoprosthesis manifesting as tractional retinal detachment and epiretinal membrane.
ever, any study of the effects of -blocker therapy must address the fragility of the patients to be tested and possible systemic and ocular adverse effects. Nevertheless, if topical -blockers prove to be effective in preventing some cases of ROP, this opens the door for a more individualized approach to prevention of the disease, eg, using -adrenergic receptor polymorphisms to guide ROP managem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1542-8958
DOI: 10.5693/djo.01.2009.001