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Corneal Angiogenesis

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Ocular Angiogenesis

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Abstract

Corneal neovascularization (angiogenesis) results from the formation of new vascular structures from the limbal vasculature at the corneal edge. These new blood vessels may invade the normally avascular corneal stroma at different levels within the cornea (see Fig. 1).

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