Repeated intravitreal injections of antivascular endothelial growth factor in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration may increase the risk of ischemic optic neuropathy

BACKGROUND: Previous case reports have demonstrated the occurrence of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) following intravitreal injections of antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF). However, no previous studies have investigated the impact of injection numbers on the risk of ION. The aim of...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yu-Yen, Chou, Pesus, Huang, Yu-Fang, Chien, Hung-Jen, Wu, Yu-Chieh, Lee, Chia-Chi, Huang, Li-Ying, Chen, Hsin-Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31888553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-019-1284-x

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