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Combined effects of genetic and non-genetic risk factors affect response to ranibizumab in exudative age-related macular degeneration.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Sept 2015
Piermarocchi Stefano, Miotto Stefania, Colavito Davide, Leon Alberta, Segato Tatiana
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PURPOSE: To investigate whether genetic and non-genetic risk factors influence 12-month response to ranibizumab treatment for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: A cohort of 94 Caucasian patients with unilateral exudative AMD received intravitreal ranibizumab. After a three-injection loading phase, a PRN regimen was followed. Patients were genotyped for three single-nucleotide...
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