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Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 7/2017

01-07-2017 | Letter to the Editor (by invitation)

Re: Switching therapy from bevacizumab to aflibercept for the management of persistent diabetic macular edema

Authors: Bobak Bahrami, Thomas Hong, Andrew Chang

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 7/2017

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We acknowledge Drs. Călugăru for their interest in our recent publication “Switching therapy from bevacizumab to aflibercept for the management of persistent diabetic macular edema” (DME) [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Re: Switching therapy from bevacizumab to aflibercept for the management of persistent diabetic macular edema
Authors
Bobak Bahrami
Thomas Hong
Andrew Chang
Publication date
01-07-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-017-3670-5

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