Age-related macular degeneration and mortality in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients

Acta Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep;99(6):e969-e970. doi: 10.1111/aos.14685. Epub 2020 Nov 30.

Authors

Raimo Tuuminen^{1

2}, Idan Hecht^{1

3}, Piotr Kanclerz⁴

Affiliations

¹ Helsinki Retina Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Kymenlaakso Central Hospital, Kotka, Finland.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Shamir Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
⁴ Hygeia Clinic, Gdańsk, Poland.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; age-related macular degeneration; intravitreal injections; morbidity; mortality.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Female
Global Health
Humans
Macular Degeneration / diagnosis
Macular Degeneration / epidemiology*
Male
SARS-CoV-2*
Survival Rate / trends
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods