Management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: Current state-of-the-art care for optimizing visual outcomes and therapies in development

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 1001-1015

  Agarwal, Aniruddha ^a   Rhoades, William R ^a   Hanout, Mostafa ^a   Soliman, Mohamed Kamel ^a   Sarwar, Salman ^a   Sadiq, Mohammad Ali ^a   Sepah, Yasir Jamal ^a   Do, Diana V ^a   Nguyen, Quan Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMD; Choroidal neovascular membrane; Gene therapy; Low vision rehabilitation; Neovascular AMD; Pharmacogenomics; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ABICIPAR PEGOL; AFLIBERCEPT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ASCORBIC ACID; BEVACIZUMAB; CONBERCEPT; COPPER; DEXAMETHASONE; LIPOSOME; NANOPARTICLE; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PEGPLERANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; RETINOSTAT; SOLUBLE FMS LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 1; SONEPCIZUMAB; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERTEPORFIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ARMS2 GENE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CFH GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENCAPSULATED CELL TECHNOLOGY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HTRA1 GENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LASER COAGULATION; LIPOSOMAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; LOW VISION REHABILITATION; MICRONEEDLE; MINIPUMP; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NANOTECHNOLOGY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OPEN STUDY; PERICYTE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEKHA1 GENE; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA TEAR; RETINAL ANGIOMATOUS PROLIFERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUPRACHOROIDAL DRUG DELIVERY; TRANSSCLERAL DRUG DELIVERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84934783509     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S74959     Document Type: Article

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