A Case of a Geographic Atrophy Patient Needing Low Vision Rehabilitation

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An ophthalmologist presents the case of a 76-year-old woman who has geographic atrophy and progressively worsening vision in her right eye, with a history of macular macrovessel and choroidal hemangioma.

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