Causes of interruption of bevacizumab therapy in age-related macular degeneration Causas de interrupção do tratamento com bevacizumab em degeneração macular relacionada à idade

Causes of interruption of bevacizumab therapy in age-related macular degeneration Causas de interrupção do tratamento com bevacizumab em degeneração macular relacionada à idade

PURPOSE: To evaluate the rate and the causes of interruption of bevacizumab intravitreal therapy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a referential eye-care center in Joinville, southern Brazil. METHODS: Retrospective, non-comparative, consecutive case series. Cases i...

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Main Authors: Renata Portella Nunes, Mário Junqueira Nóbrega, Fernando José De Novelli, Samuel Ângelo Coral, Thais Bacha Berti, Marina Maria Drumm Missen, Marina Canuto Correa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2010-04-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Degeneração macular
Membrana neovascular sub-retiniana
Fator A de crescimento endotelial vascular
Inibidores da angiogênese
Bevacizumab
Macular degeneration
Choroidal neovascularization
Vascular endothelial growth factor A
Angiogenesis inhibitors
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