Eplerenone in the Treatment of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
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Eplerenone in the Treatment of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
Overactivation of mineralocorticoid receptor pathways has been implicated in the pathophysiology of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Recently, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists such as eplerenone have demonstrated success in treating subretinal fluid in CSCR. This case demonstrates a patient who was initially presumed to have subretinal fluid secondary to CSCR and was started on a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1663-2699
DOI: 10.1159/000442661