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Age-related macular degeneration
NursingAbstract: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of visual impairment in patients age 50 and older, with an estimated 200 million people affected worldwide and a projected 288 million by 2040. This article provides an overview of the epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis ...
Monika, Fleckenstein +2 more
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Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The Lancet, 2012Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the developed world. Despite recent advances in treatment, AMD causes considerable morbidity. For the non-ophthalmologist, a brief background on retinal structure is provided, followed by a description of the characteristic changes seen in AMD.
Khandhadia, Sam +2 more
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Age‐Related Macular Degeneration
Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 2013Age‐related macular degeneration ( AMD ) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, and the prevalence of the disease increases exponentially with every decade after age 50 years. It is a multifactorial disease involving a complex interplay of genetic, environmental, metabolic, and ...
Lily K, Cheung, Angie, Eaton
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Wet age-related macular degeneration
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2005Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible visual loss in industrialized nations for those age 65 and above. The majority of patients with severe visual loss suffer from the wet form of AMD wherein there is choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and associated manifestations such as retinal pigment epithelial detachment ...
Amol D, Kulkarni, Baruch D, Kuppermann
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Age-related macular degeneration
Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, 1997Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of legal blindness among older adults. Early recognition of AMD is important because treatment can enable patients to maintain central vision longer. Nurses who understand the effects of AMD can teach their elderly patients ways to slow its progression, such as increasing consumption ...
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Age-related macular degeneration
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 1993Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a bilateral, progressive macular disease, represents the major cause of blindness among elderly people living in Western countries. Clinical features of AMD vary from the initial asymptomatic aspects, drusen and retinal pigment epithelium alterations, to severe atrophic or exudative changes in the advanced stages,
T, Segato, E, Midena, M C, Blarzino
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Age-related macular degeneration
The Lancet, 2018Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of visual impairment and severe vision loss. Clinically, it is classified as early-stage (medium-sized drusen and retinal pigmentary changes) to late-stage (neovascular and atrophic). Age-related macular degeneration is a multifactorial disorder, with dysregulation in the complement, lipid, angiogenic,
Paul, Mitchell +3 more
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Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Ophthalmologica, 2012<i>Purpose:</i> Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness, with an increasing incidence as the elderly population expands. Large, multi-center, randomized, clinical trials have been conducted exploring the safety and efficacy of anti-VEGF treatments. This paper aims to discuss the safety and efficacy
VERITTI, Daniele +2 more
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Cystoid Macular Degeneration in Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of cystoid macular degeneration in eyes that underwent intravitreal ranibizumab injections for exudative age-related macular degeneration.Retrospective, interventional case series.We reviewed the charts of 56 consecutive patients (19 male, 37 female; mean age ± standard deviation, 80.81 ± 4.8 ...
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Macular dystrophies mimicking age-related macular degeneration
Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 2014Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the elderly population in the Western world. AMD is a clinically heterogeneous disease presenting with drusen, pigmentary changes, geographic atrophy and/or choroidal neovascularization.
Saksens, N.T.M. +12 more
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