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Antiangiogenic therapy

A brief look at AMD and developments which have completely subverted the therapeutic approach to patients affected by this disease.

New therapies available include: monoclonal antibody inhibitors of VEGF (Peptaganib, Bevacizumab, Ranibizumab) with the protocols currently in use and a brief reference to new anti-angiogenic therapies that include: decoy of VEGF receptor (VEGF Trap, Small Interfering RNA based therapies, Bevasiranib and AGN211745, Sirolimus) and the VEGF cascade of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (Vatalanib, Pazopanib, TG100801, TG101095, AG013958 and AL39324).

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Avitabile, T. Antiangiogenic therapy. BMC Geriatr 10 (Suppl 1), L4 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-S1-L4

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