Assessing risk of vision-threatening condition after Covid infection

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What The Study Did: Researchers assessed if there was a change after a COVID-19 infection diagnosis in the incidence of vision loss caused by blockage of veins or arteries of the retina among 430,000 patients.

Authors: Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, M.D., of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Pasadena, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.0662)

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