Randomized comparison of systemic anti-inflammatory therapy versus fluocinolone acetonide implant for intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis: the multicenter uveitis steroid treatment trial.

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Published in Ophthalmology on August 15, 2011

Authors

Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial Research Group1, John H Kempen, Michael M Altaweel, Janet T Holbrook, Douglas A Jabs, Thomas A Louis, Elizabeth A Sugar, Jennifer E Thorne

Author Affiliations

1: Ocular Inflammation Service, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial (MUST) | NCT00132691

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