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Should anti-VEGF agents be used to treat patients with NPDR?

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Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH, explores the question of whether ophthalmologists should be using anti-VEGF agents to treat patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR).

Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH, associate professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; chief at the Center for Clinical Eye Research and Trials, Joslin Diabetes Center, explores the question of whether ophthalmologists should be using anti-VEGF agents to treat patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR).

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