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Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85:1013 doi:10.1136/bjo.85.8.1013
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TTT and CNV

  1. ERDEM ERGUN,
  2. MICHAEL STUR
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna
  2. Waehringer Guertel 18-20,A-1090, Vienna, Austria

      Editor,—The article by Newsomet al1 on transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) raises more questions than it is able to answer. Although TTT is definitely a method which seems to show a certain efficacy in occult choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) and thus warrants further investigation, we must take issue with the authors' conclusions concerning its use in classic CNV.

      The authors state that 78% of the predominantly occult membranes and 75% of the predominantly classic membranes closed as a result of TTT. This seems …

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