Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin to induce regression of aggressive retinal astrocytomas
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BDNF reduces the retinal toxicity of verteporfin photodynamic therapy.
PURPOSE Verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) is the most effective treatment for age-related macular degeneration, using laser activation of a photosensitizing dye to achieve closure of choroidal neovascularization. Although PDT preferentially affects pathologic vessels, it can also cause collateral damage to the overlying retina. In the current study, it was found that the neuroprotective ag...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1755-375X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2007.01151.x