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Close-up of blood vessels in the white of the eye in a 72 year old male patient two days after a Lucentis injection for choroidal neovascularisation (
Close-up of blood vessels in the white of the eye in a 72 year old male patient two days after a Lucentis injection for choroidal neovascularisation (creation of new blood vessels in the choroid layer). This formation of new blood vessels is a symptom of wet AMD (age-related macular degeneration) and injections of Lucentis (ranibizumab) are a treatment for AMD.
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