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Association between polymorphism rs11200638 in the HTRA1 gene and the response to anti-VEGF treatment of exudative AMD: a meta-analysis.
BMC ophthalmology - 21 Jun 2017
Zhou Ya-Li, Chen Chun-Li, Wang Yi-Xiao, Tong Yao, Fang Xiao-Ling, Li Lin, Wang Zhao-Yang
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BACKGROUND: Anti-angiogenesis treatments are the most commonly used treatments for the vision loss caused by exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in which the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs with ranibizumab and bevacizumab are current standard treatments. However, the outcome of anti-VEGF therapeutics is not uniform in all patients. METHODS: We performed a literature-based...
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