Sickle Cell Retinopathy
ASRS's Retina Health for Life
English - December 09, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness vision eyesight retina retina specialist ophthalmology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Retina specialist Dr. Adrienne Scott of the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine joins Dr. Timothy Murray to discuss sickle cell retinopathy, a condition present in some patients with sickle cell disease which can lead to vision loss. Tune in to learn more about the condition and how early diagnosis and treatment can help preserve vision.
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Access a downloadable fact sheet on sickle cell retinopathy at asrs.org/SickleCellRetinopathy.