Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a phototherapy in which a photosensitive dye is injected into a peripheral vein and activated by light in order to occlude choroidal vessels or change their permeability. PDT has been largely applied in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), especially CNV related to age-related macular degeneration, but was also of benefit in other diseases, including central serous chorioretinopathy and choroidal hemangioma.
Photosensitizers and Photodynamic Therapy: Verteporfin / Battaglia Parodi, Maurizio; La Spina, Carlo; Berchicci, Luigi; Petruzzi, Giuseppe; Bandello, Francesco. - In: DEVELOPMENTS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 0250-3751. - 55:(2016), pp. 330-6-336. [10.1159/000434704]
Photosensitizers and Photodynamic Therapy: Verteporfin
Battaglia Parodi, Maurizio;Bandello, Francesco
2016-01-01
Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a phototherapy in which a photosensitive dye is injected into a peripheral vein and activated by light in order to occlude choroidal vessels or change their permeability. PDT has been largely applied in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), especially CNV related to age-related macular degeneration, but was also of benefit in other diseases, including central serous chorioretinopathy and choroidal hemangioma.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
