The Common Antidiabetic Drug Metformin Reduces Odds of Developing Age-Related Macular Degeneration

PURPOSE: AMD is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in older individuals in the Western world, and there are currently no therapies to halt disease progression. Studies suggest that the commonly prescribed antidiabetic drug, metformin, is associated with decreased risk of several ocular dise...

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Autores principales: Brown, Emily E., Ball, Jacob D., Chen, Zhaoyi, Khurshid, Gibran S., Prosperi, Mattia, Ash, John D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2019
Materias:
Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6736343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30973575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.18-26422

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6736343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30973575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.18-26422

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