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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Jun;107(6):326-30.

[The results of randomized controlled trial of low-dose radiation for wet-type age-related macular degeneration on a 1 year term basis]

[Article in Japanese]
No authors listed
  • PMID: 12854503
Clinical Trial

[The results of randomized controlled trial of low-dose radiation for wet-type age-related macular degeneration on a 1 year term basis]

[Article in Japanese]
No authors listed. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi. 2003 Jun.

Abstract

Object: Evaluation of low dose radiation therapy to the wet-type age-related macular degeneration (AMD) located at the fovea centralis.

Cases and methods: Patients were irradiated with 10 fractions of 2 Gy external beam or just observed. Between the treated(39) and untreated (31) cases, there was no significant difference in gender, age, initial visual acuity, or size of the neovascular membrane.

Results: With the follow-up of 12 months, the visual acuity was significantly well preserved and the size of the neovascular membrane was decreased.

Conclusion: These results indicate that low dose irradiation is effective for the wet-type AMD of the stage we treated in the present study.

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