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Study shows possible genetic link to persistent retinal fluid in AMD
MIAMI — Persistent retinal fluid in eyes that have been treated with anti-VEGFs for neovascular age-related macular degeneration may have a genetic basis, a speaker told colleagues here.“Here we are, basically 10 years after anti-VEGF was introduced, and we’re seeing where the unmet needs are. Only 30%, a third of patients, who are treated gain three lines of vision. That would have been amazing 10 years ago, but we want more. About a third of patients also have persistent fluid after 1 year of treatment,” Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, (Read more...)