Effect of Repeated Intravitreal Injections in Glaucoma Spectrum Diseases [Response to Letter]

Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado^{1

2}, Ana Margarida Ferreira¹, Amândio Rocha-Sousa^{1

2}, Ângela Carneiro^{1

2}, João Barbosa-Breda^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
² UnIC@RISE, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ KULeuven, Research Group Ophthalmology, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven, Belgium.

Comment

Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 12:17:3799-3800.

doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S452567. eCollection 2023.

Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado^{1

2}, Ana Margarida Ferreira¹, Amândio Rocha-Sousa^{1

2}, Ângela Carneiro^{1

2}, João Barbosa-Breda^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal.
² UnIC@RISE, Department of Surgery and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³ KULeuven, Research Group Ophthalmology, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare for this communication.

Effect of Repeated Intravitreal Injections in Glaucoma Spectrum Diseases [Letter].
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