Future Therapies of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly population, and the prevalence of the disease increases exponentially with every decade after the age of 50 years. While VEGF inhibitors are promising drugs for treating patients with ocular neovascularization, t...

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Main Authors: Makoto Ishikawa, Daisuke Jin, Yu Sawada, Sanae Abe, Takeshi Yoshitomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/138070