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Choroidal neovascularization after an alexandrite laser burn

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal

    Jorge Meira, Paulo Freitas-da-Costa, Fernando Falcão-Reis & Ângela Carneiro

  2. Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Paulo Freitas-da-Costa

  3. Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Falcão-Reis & Ângela Carneiro

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A. Carneiro, MD, PhD, had been in advisory boards for Novartis, Alcon, Alimera Sciences, Bayer, Allergan, and Roche. No other disclosures are reported.

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Meira, J., Freitas-da-Costa, P., Falcão-Reis, F. et al. Choroidal neovascularization after an alexandrite laser burn. Lasers Med Sci 35, 1223–1225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-019-02881-7

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