TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvement, not stabilization or slowing the decline of ocular disease
T2 - The final frontier in treatment
AU - Azuara-Blanco, A.
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - Therapeutic strategies aimed to reverse the pathogenic process, replace diseased tissue, and restore visual function represent the final frontier in treatment of chronic ocular disease. The goal in this approach is improvement, not stabilization or slowing the decline of the disease. Lines of research that can lead to identification of new treatments that could reverse the disease course are reviewed.
AB - Therapeutic strategies aimed to reverse the pathogenic process, replace diseased tissue, and restore visual function represent the final frontier in treatment of chronic ocular disease. The goal in this approach is improvement, not stabilization or slowing the decline of the disease. Lines of research that can lead to identification of new treatments that could reverse the disease course are reviewed.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034016846
SN - 0896-1549
VL - 13
SP - 163
EP - 166
JO - Ophthalmology Clinics of North America
JF - Ophthalmology Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -