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Angioid Streaks in Association With Sickle Thalassemia Trait Scott Ketner, MD; Issac E. Moradi, MD; Pearl S. Rosenbaum, MD
Angioid streaks may be idiopathic; however, when associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Paget disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or various hemoglobinopathies, patients are at risk for choroidal neovascularization and various life-threatening systemic conditions such as gastrointestinal hemorrhage, cardiac disease, anemia, and pathological fractures. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015;133(1):e141770. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.1770
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JAMA Ophthalmology Published online January 8, 2015
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Angioid Streaks in Association With Sickle Thalassemia Trait Scott Ketner, MD; Issac E. Moradi, MD; Pearl S. Rosenbaum, MD
Angioid streaks may be idiopathic; however, when associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Paget disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or various hemoglobinopathies, patients are at risk for choroidal neovascularization and various life-threatening systemic conditions such as gastrointestinal hemorrhage, cardiac disease, anemia, and pathological fractures. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015;133(1):e141770. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.1770
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JAMA Ophthalmology Published online January 8, 2015
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