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Associations between systemic medications and development of wet age-related macular degeneration.

Loukovaara SirpaAnssi AuvinenJari K Haukka
Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2021)
Our findings suggest that the use of second-generation calcium channel blockers could be associated with an increased risk for wet AMD development. Of note, the incidence of wet AMD seemed to be lower in patients using ramipril and digoxin. More studies are needed to elucidate the associations further.
Keyphrases
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