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Comment
. 2024 Apr;13(4):1051-1053.
doi: 10.1007/s40123-024-00894-2. Epub 2024 Feb 6.

Letter to the Editor Regarding "LIGHTSITE II Randomized Multicenter Trial: Evaluation of Multiwavelength Photobiomodulation in Non-exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration"

Salvatore Grisanti  1 , Karl-Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt  2 , Heinrich Heimann  3 , Albrecht Lommatzsch  4 , Peter Walter  5 , Thomas Ach  6
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Letter to the Editor Regarding "LIGHTSITE II Randomized Multicenter Trial: Evaluation of Multiwavelength Photobiomodulation in Non-exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration"

Salvatore Grisanti et al. Ophthalmol Ther. 2024 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Drusen; Geographic atrophy; LIGHTSITE; Photobiomodulation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Salvatore Grisanti, Karl-Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt, Heinrich Heimann, Albrecht Lommatzsch, Peter Walter, and Thomas Ach have nothing to disclose.

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