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HuckleB

(35,773 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2013, 02:43 PM Oct 2013

Anti-VEGF treatment of Macular Degeneration: Science-Based Success

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/anti-vegf-treatment-of-macular-degeneration-science-based-success/

It's a very interesting story. Thorough, and well done. I don't feel I can give it even a fair start by copying and pasting anything.

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Anti-VEGF treatment of Macular Degeneration: Science-Based Success (Original Post) HuckleB Oct 2013 OP

HuckleB, thank you for posting this... prairierose Oct 2013 #1

Thanks. My 94 yr.-old mother has the 'wet' type and is legally blind. sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #2

prairierose

(2,145 posts)

1. HuckleB, thank you for posting this...

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 03:36 PM

Oct 2013

my dad has armd and has been legally blind for several years now. I wonder if this treatment could help him get any vision back. I will have to ask Mom's eye people. They talked about some new treatments and I am a candidate for this too.

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

2. Thanks. My 94 yr.-old mother has the 'wet' type and is legally blind.

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 04:48 PM

Oct 2013

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