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Bilateral Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant for Retinitis Pigmentosa-Related Macular Edema
PURPOSE To report the efficacy of intravitreal dexamethasone implant in a patient with retinitis pigmentosa and bilateral cystoid macular edema unresponsive to topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. CASE REPORT A 36-year-old man with bilateral cystoid macular edema associated with retinitis pigmentosa that was unresponsive to topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitors underwent bilateral 0.7-mg in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0721-832X,1435-702X
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-013-2448-7