Antiangiogenic drugs in the management of ocular diseases: Focus on antivascular endothelial growth factor

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Sassa, Yukio ^a   Hata, Yasuaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Bevacizumab; Pegaptanib; Ranibizumab; VEGF inhibitor; Verteporfin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; PLACEBO; RANIBIZUMAB; TRIAMCINOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN; VERTEPORFIN;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KIDNEY CANCER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NONHUMAN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINA TEAR; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 77953370041     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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