Current status of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition in age-related macular degeneration

BioDrugs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-194

  Mousa, Shaker A ^a,b   Mousa, Shaymaa S ^a  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Vascular Vision Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 [4 (4 ETHYL 1 PIPERAZINYLMETHYL)PHENYL] 4 (ALPHA METHYLBENZYLAMINO) 7H PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDINE; AFLIBERCEPT; AG 013958; AGN 211745; AL 39324; ANECORTAVE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; AXITINIB; BEVACIZUMAB; BEVASIRANIB; CEDIRANIB; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; KRN 951; LUCANIX; MESSENGER RNA; MOTESANIB; PAZOPANIB; PEGAPTANIB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; PTC 299; RANIBIZUMAB; RAPAMYCIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TG 100801; TG 101095; TIVOZANIB; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANDETANIB; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VATALANIB; VERTEPORFIN;

BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77952500113     PISSN: 11738804     EISSN: 1179190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11318550-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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