Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment

The association between growth-hormone (GH) and neovascular retinopathies in nondiabetic patients has been reported in earlier series. We report occurrence of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in a 15-year-old male patient undergoing long-term GH therapy. The CNV could be a consequence of the GH-in...

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Autores principales: de Oliveira Dias, João R, Rodrigues, Eduardo B, Martinazzo, Maurício, Farah, Michel E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2709025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668549
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author de Oliveira Dias, João R
Rodrigues, Eduardo B
Martinazzo, Maurício
Farah, Michel E
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Martinazzo, Maurício
Farah, Michel E
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description The association between growth-hormone (GH) and neovascular retinopathies in nondiabetic patients has been reported in earlier series. We report occurrence of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in a 15-year-old male patient undergoing long-term GH therapy. The CNV could be a consequence of the GH-intake in a susceptible myopic patient.
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spelling pubmed-27090252009-08-10 Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment de Oliveira Dias, João R Rodrigues, Eduardo B Martinazzo, Maurício Farah, Michel E Clin Ophthalmol Case Report The association between growth-hormone (GH) and neovascular retinopathies in nondiabetic patients has been reported in earlier series. We report occurrence of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in a 15-year-old male patient undergoing long-term GH therapy. The CNV could be a consequence of the GH-intake in a susceptible myopic patient. Dove Medical Press 2009 2009-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2709025/ /pubmed/19668549 Text en © 2009 de Oliveira Dias et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment
title Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment
title_full Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment
title_fullStr Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment
title_full_unstemmed Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment
title_short Choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment
title_sort choroidal neovascularization in patient undergoing growth hormone treatment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2709025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668549
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