PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | myopia |
| Phenotype | C0018916|hemangiomas |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 24092965 | A proposed mechanism of pdt includes the formation of singlet oxygen and its interaction with the lipids of choroidal endothelial cells, resulting in choroidal endothelial damage, choriocapillaris ischemia, and regression of cnv.18 pdt has been investigated in a number of conditions besides cnv secondary to amd, including choroidal hemangiomas,19 cnv due to pathologic myopia,20 and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.21 based on the proposed mechanism of increased choroidal vascular permeability in chronic cscr, targeted pdt may represent a rational therapeutic approach to investigate. |
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