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Intravitreal aflibercept treatment of retinal angiomatous proliferation: a pilot study and short-term efficacy

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Mrs. Martha Hunt, optometrist, for her contribution to the conduction of the study . None of the authors has any financial or proprietary interest in any materials or methods described herein.

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  1. Ophthalmology Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

    Konstantinos T. Tsaousis, Vasileios E. Konidaris, Somnath Banerjee & Theodoros Empeslidis

  2. Ophthalmology Department, Medical Retina, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 5WW, UK

    Konstantinos T. Tsaousis

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Tsaousis, K.T., Konidaris, V.E., Banerjee, S. et al. Intravitreal aflibercept treatment of retinal angiomatous proliferation: a pilot study and short-term efficacy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 253, 663–665 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-014-2835-8

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