Open AccessASSOCIATION BETWEEN ORAL IRON SUPPLEMENTATION AND RETINAL OR SUBRETINAL HEMORRHAGE IN THE COMPARISON OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION TREATMENT TRIALS
Author(s) -
Delu Song,
GuiShuang Ying,
Joshua L. Dunaief,
Rupak Bhuyan,
Yafeng Li,
Maureen G. Maguire,
Juan E. Grunwald,
Ebenezer Daniel,
Stephanie A. Hagstrom,
Daniel Martín
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
retina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.24
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1539-2864
pISSN - 0275-004X
DOI - 10.1097/iae.0000000000002295
Subject(s) - medicine , macular degeneration , odds ratio , anemia , retinal , ophthalmology , fundus (uterus) , surgery
Because patients often take iron supplements without medical indication, and iron can accumulate in vascular endothelial cells, the authors evaluated the association of oral iron supplementation with retinal/subretinal hemorrhage in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.