作者: Ryan Enslow , Sai Bhuvanagiri , Sravanthi Vegunta , Benjamin Cutler , Michael Neff
DOI: 10.4137/OED.S38863
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摘要: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes blindness in developed countries people over age 60 years. One forms advanced AMD wet AMD. Wet a result leakage and bleeding from abnormal neovascularization. The principal treatment for intravitreal anti-VEGF injections. A second form geographic atrophy (GA). GA refers to large areas retinal pigment epithelium loss. In literature, there some concern that injections administered treat may be associated with progression GA. This review discusses evidence suggesting association