The clinical utility of aflibercept for diabetic macular edema

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 473-482

  Stewart, Michael W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflibercept; Bevacizumab; Diabetic macular edema; Ranibizumab; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; CONBERCEPT; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84942249432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DMSO.S72792     Document Type: Review

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