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Effects of Smoking on Outcomes of Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Smoking and Anti-VEGF Therapy in nAMD.

Hiroyuki KamaoKatsutoshi GotoYumi MitoAtsushi MikiJunichi Kiryu
Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2018)
The anti-VEGF therapy was frequently required in nAMD patients with a history of heavy smoking. Heavy smoking could cause poor therapeutic response in nAMD patients.
Keyphrases
  • age related macular degeneration
  • growth factor
  • smoking cessation
  • endothelial cells
  • vascular endothelial growth factor
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • prognostic factors
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue