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- Title
Trials That Matter: Two Faces of Progress in the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
- Authors
Epstein, Paul
- Abstract
The article presents information related to the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Presence of white deposits in the macula is the earliest recognizable manifestation of AMD. Until recently, photodynamic therapy with verteporfin and intravitreous injections of pegaptanib sodium was the only pharmacologically based therapies for the treatment of patients with wet macular degeneration. Two recent clinical trials provide hope for the better treatment of AMD.
- Subjects
RETINAL degeneration treatment; DISEASES in older people; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL trials; SYMPTOMS; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007, Vol 146, Issue 7, p532
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-146-7-200704030-00011