[Future methods of treatment in age related macular degeneration].
In the present time the treatment of Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) begins to develop. Many medical therapies are presently tested in the two types of ARMD, geographic atrophy and exudative ARMD. In atrophic ARMD, new drugs are aimed to spare photoreceptors and the retinal pigment epithelium, to prevent oxidative damage on the retina and to suppress the inflammation process. In exudative ARMD, new therapies are already in use and in progress, especially the anti-VEGF factors, and others try to improve visual prognosis in targeting other mechanism or cells involved in the angiogenesis process. This article reviews and summarizes the available data, presented in several scientific meetings, congresses or given directly by the companies involved.
Clinica de Oftalmologie Timisoara.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D057092:Geographic Atrophy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000639:trends; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000639:trends; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D057135:Wet Macular Degeneration / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A