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Macrophages Inhibit Neovascularization in a Murine Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

BACKGROUND: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50 y of age in at least three continents. Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is the process by which abnormal blood vessels develop underneath the retina. CNV develops in 10% of patients with AMD but...

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Autores principales: Apte, Rajendra S, Richter, Jennifer, Herndon, John, Ferguson, Thomas A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16903779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030310