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Age Related Macular Degeneration
Chorioretinal anastomoses predict trouble after photodynamic therapy
July 25th, 2005
Chorioretinal anastomoses predict trouble after photodynamic therapy. "Anastomotic vessels in exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) represent a serious clinical feature that reportedly does not respond well to either photocoagulation or photodynamic therapy (PDT). Anastomoses also occur in various animal models of choroidal neovascularization (CNV)," investigators in the United States report. "In the present study, anastomotic vessels and their patency were evaluated in two primate CNV laser-trauma models after PDT, by using two novel photosensitizers. In cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) and squirrel (Saimiri sciureus) monkey...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2005-07-25)
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