The effect of intravitreal bevacizumab in a rare case of retinal dystrophy with secondary cystoid macular edema
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The authors presented a clinical case of retinitis punctate albescens in a 26-year-old female patient, with a family history of typical retinitis pigmentosa (father) and bilateral cystoid macular edema treated with anti-VEGF (bevacizumab).
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