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Choroidal thickness is affected by many factors which may change the effect of ranibizumab

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Hakkari Military Hospital, Hakkari, Turkey

    Yakup Aksoy

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Kasımpasa Military Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

    Kadir Çolakoglu

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, GATA HaydarpasaTraining Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Abdullah Kaya

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Aksoy, Y., Çolakoglu, K. & Kaya, A. Choroidal thickness is affected by many factors which may change the effect of ranibizumab. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 252, 847–848 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-014-2596-4

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