Optical coherence tomography monitoring strategies for A-VEGF-Treated age-related macular degeneration: An evidence-based analysis

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1-64

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Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VERTEPORFIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CENTRAL RETINAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETREATMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

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