The role of steroids in treating diabetic macular oedema in the era of anti-VEGF

Tamir Weinberg^{1

2}, Anat Loewenstein^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Hadassah School of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. tamirw1@netvision.net.il.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Kaplan Medical Center, Derekh Pasternak, Bilu Junction, PO box 1, Rehovot, Israel. tamirw1@netvision.net.il.
³ Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Editorial

Tamir Weinberg et al. Eye (Lond). 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;34(6):1003-1005.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0739-x. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Tamir Weinberg^{1

2}, Anat Loewenstein^{3

4}

¹ Hadassah School of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. tamirw1@netvision.net.il.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Kaplan Medical Center, Derekh Pasternak, Bilu Junction, PO box 1, Rehovot, Israel. tamirw1@netvision.net.il.
³ Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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