Enlargement rate of geographic atrophy before and after secondary CNV conversion with associated anti-VEGF treatment.

Jakob SiedleckiCaroline KochBenedikt SchwormRaffael LieglThomas KreutzerKarsten U KortuemRicarda SchumannSiegfried G PriglingerArmin Wolf

Published in: BMC ophthalmology (2021)

In this pilot study, primary GA enlargement did not seem to be influenced by a secondary CNV. No association between the intensity of anti-VEGF treatment and changes in atrophy enlargement rates were found. Further studies with larger sample sizes are warranted.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
vascular endothelial growth factor
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