Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: genetics, clinical manifestations and therapeutic approaches

RP Finger, PC Issa, MS Ladewig, C Götting… - Survey of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited disorder that is associated with
accumulation of mineralized and fragmented elastic fibers in the skin, vascular walls, and …

Angioid streaks: a comprehensive review from pathophysiology to treatment

I Chatziralli, G Saitakis, E Dimitriou, A Chatzirallis… - Retina, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To stratify the literature on angioid streaks, from pathophysiology to treatment.
Methods: Review of the current literature. Results: Angioid streaks are crack-like …

Angioid streaks, clinical course, complications, and current therapeutic management

I Georgalas, D Papaconstantinou… - … and Clinical Risk …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Angioid streaks are visible irregular crack-like dehiscences in Bruch's membrane that are
associated with atrophic degeneration of the overlying retinal pigmented epithelium. Angioid …

Treatment of choroidal neovascularization due to angioid streaks: a comprehensive review

M Gliem, RP Finger, R Fimmers, CK Brinkmann… - Retina, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To evaluate different therapies for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to
angioid streaks (AS). Methods: Studies were identified by a systematic literature search and …

Therapy of pseudoxanthoma elasticum: current knowledge and future perspectives

MJ Stumpf, N Schahab, G Nickenig, D Skowasch… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare, genetic, metabolic disease with an estimated
prevalence of between 1 per 25,000 and 56,000. Its main hallmarks are characteristic skin …

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, ocular manifestations, complications and treatment

I Georgalas, I Tservakis… - Clinical and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), also known as Groenblad syndrome, is an inherited
disorder characterised by mineralisation and fragmentation of elastic fibres in a number of …

Verteporfin PDT for non-standard indications—a review of current literature

WM Chan, TH Lim, A Pece, R Silva… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2010 - Springer
Background Verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) is approved for the treatment of
predominantly classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to age-related …

Long-term results after photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for choroidal neovascularizations secondary to inflammatory chorioretinal diseases

J Wachtlin, H Heimann, T Behme… - Graefe's archive for clinical …, 2003 - Springer
Background To evaluate the safety and the long-term effect on visual acuity of photodynamic
therapy (PDT) for sub-and juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularizations (CNV) secondary to …

Outcome of choroidal neovascularization in angioid streaks after photodynamic therapy

U Menchini, G Virgili, U Introini, F Bandello… - Retina, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To evaluate the visual and anatomic outcomes of photodynamic therapy for
choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in patients with angioid streaks. Methods: The authors …

Long-term outcomes of intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy for the management of choroidal neovascularization in pseudoxanthoma elasticum

JS Myung, P Bhatnagar, RF Spaide, JM Klancnik Jr… - Retina, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report long-term results of intravitreal antivascular
endothelial growth factor therapy in the management of choroidal neovascularization in …