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Past and prognosis of anti-VEGF therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration—the future has begun

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  1. Swiss Eye Institute, Rotkreuz, and Berner Augenklinik am Lindenhofspital, Luzerner Strasse 1, CH-6343, Rotkreuz, Bern, Switzerland

    Justus G. Garweg, C. Gerhardt & Isabel B. Pfister

  2. University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Justus G. Garweg, J. J. Zirpel, C. Gerhardt & Isabel B. Pfister

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Garweg, J.G., Zirpel, J.J., Gerhardt, C. et al. Past and prognosis of anti-VEGF therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration—the future has begun. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 256, 1553–1555 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-018-4005-x

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