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4/2012
vol. 114 abstract:
Review article
New drug VEGF Trap-Eye – Eylea – and its use in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, central retinal vein occlusion, diabetic macular edema, and choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia
Robert Rejdak
1, 2
,
Małgorzata Szkaradek
2
,
Wesam Taslaq
2
,
Jakub J. Kałużny
3
,
Paweł Grieb
4
,
Anselm G. M. Jünemann
5
Online publish date: 2012/12/12
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of choroidal and retinal neovascularization. Anti-VEGF therapy changed the standard-of-care for ocular disease with neovascularisation. This article presents one promising new drug – VEGF Trap-Eye – and results of clinical trials evaluating its efficacy in the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, central retinal vain occlusion, diabetic macular edema and choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia.
keywords:
vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF Trap-Eye, Eylea, neovascularization |
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