Short-term outcomes of switching anti-VEGF agents in eyes with treatment-resistant wet AMD

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Batioglu, Figen ^a   Demirel, Sibel ^a   Özmert, Emin ^a   Abdullayev, Ahmet ^a   Bilici, Serdar ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aflibercept; Age related macular degeneration; Ranibizumab

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; RANIBIZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANIBIZUMAB; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84928532732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-015-0025-zt     Document Type: Article

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