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Rud’ko A.S.

Research Institute of Eye Disease, 11 A, B, Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russia, 119021

Budzinskaia M.V.

FGBU "Nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ institut glaznykh bolezneĭ" RAMN, Moskva

Andreeva I.V.

Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Smolensk State Medical Academy

Karpilova M.A.

FGBU "Nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ institut glaznykh bolezneĭ" RAMN, Moskva

Smirnova T.V.

FGBU "NII glaznykh bolezneĭ" RAMN, Moskva

Effect of intravitreal injections of ranibizumab and aflibercept on the retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with concomitant neovascular age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma

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Rud’ko A.S., Budzinskaia M.V., Andreeva I.V., Karpilova M.A., Smirnova T.V.

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Journal: Russian Annals of Ophthalmology. 2019;135(5‑2): 177‑183

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To cite this article:

Rud’ko AS, Budzinskaia MV, Andreeva IV, Karpilova MA, Smirnova TV. Effect of intravitreal injections of ranibizumab and aflibercept on the retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with concomitant neovascular age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma. Russian Annals of Ophthalmology. 2019;135(5‑2):177‑183. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/oftalma2019135052177

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