Growth of type 1 neovascularization following cessation of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy as a possible explanation for treatment resistance

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 967-969

  Shah, Vinnie P ^a,b   Freund, K Bailey ^a,b  

^a VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SUBRETINAL FLUID; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84880294088     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.2120     Document Type: Letter

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