Novel Treatment for Radiation Optic Neuropathy with IV Bevacizumab

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Identifier 20110208_nanos_posters_083
Title Novel Treatment for Radiation Optic Neuropathy with IV Bevacizumab
Creator Osman Farooq; Norah Sydney Lincoff; Laszlo L. Mechtler
Affiliation SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York
Subject Radiation Necrosis; Pilocytic Astrocytoma; Glioma; Avastin; Novel Treatment
Description Radiation optic neuropathy is a devastating form of vision loss that is usually treated with steroids and hyperbaric oxygen. Generally the visual outcome is poor. There is evidence that Bevacizumab (Avastin) can reduce radiation necrosis by decreasing capillary leakage.
Date 2011-02-08
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2011 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2011: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6zs630n
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181732
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zs630n
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