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A Pattern of Age-related Macular Degeneration

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2009
Introduction: Age related macular degeneration is a disorder of the macula most often clinically apparent affecting central vision and is one of the leading causes of blindness in the population above 50 years.
Suprada Pokhrel, O K Malla, C L Pradhananga, S N Joshi   +3 more
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Understanding the Impact of the Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) Gene on Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Comprehensive Study

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a prevalent and incurable condition affecting the central retina and posing a significant risk to vision, particularly in individuals over the age of 60.
Saranya Velmurugan, Rashmi Pauline, Gurudeva Chandrashekar, Langeswaran Kulanthaivel, Gowtham Kumar Subbaraj   +4 more
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Transcriptome changes in age-related macular degeneration

BMC Medicine, 2012
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a debilitating, common cause of visual impairment. While the last decade has seen great progress in understanding the pathophysiology of AMD, the molecular changes that occur in eyes with AMD are still poorly ...
Whitmore S Scott, Mullins Robert F
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Age-related macular degeneration: experimental and emerging treatments

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2009
Jean Pierre Hubschman, Shantan Reddy, Steven D SchwartzJules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USAPurpose: This essay reviews the experimental treatments ...
Jean Pierre Hubschman, Shantan Reddy, Steven D Schwartz   +2 more
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The Relationship between Complements and Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Its Pathogenesis

Journal of Ophthalmology
Age-related macular degeneration is a retinal disease that causes permanent loss of central vision in people over the age of 65. Its pathogenesis may be related to mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, apoptosis, autophagy, complement, intestinal ...
Liyuan Chu, Chaoran Bi, Caiming Wang, Hongyan Zhou   +3 more
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Radiation therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2011
Robert Petrarca, Timothy L JacksonDepartment of Ophthalmology, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKAbstract: Antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapies represent the standard of care for most patients ...
Robert Petrarca, Timothy L Jackson
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The relation between serum Cobalamine, Folate, Photostress recovery time and age related exudative macular degeneration

مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2009
Background and Objective: Several studies have reported high prevalence of severe lack of cobalamine and Folate in aged people. The most important causes are: malnutrition, atrophic gastritis and drug use.
Javad Heravian (PhD), Monireh Mahjoob (MSc), Lida Manavifar (MSc), Mirnaghi Mosavi (PhD), Jalil Nejati (BSc), Fatemeh Mahjoob (MSc)   +5 more
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Systemic Dyslipidemia in Age-related Macular Degeneration

Ophthalmology Science
Topic: Though lipid and cholesterol dyshomeostasis is thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), there is no consensus regarding which elements of systemic lipid homeostasis are perturbed in AMD.
Brandon Li, Deborah Goss, Joan W. Miller, MD, Jonathan B. Lin, MD, PhD, Demetrios G. Vavvas, MD, PhD   +4 more
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CD8+ T cell aging is associated with macular neovascularization area change in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a prospective cohort study

BMC Ophthalmology
Background Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is characterized by formation of macular neovascularization (MNV). The aging immune system plays an important role in nAMD pathogenesis.
Alexander Kai Thomsen, Maria Abildgaard Steffensen, Kathrine Gotfredsen, Henrik Vorum, Bent Honoré, Mogens Holst Nissen, Torben Lykke Sørensen   +6 more
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What’s new in age-related macular degeneration?

Community Eye Health Journal, 2006
Introduction Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was regarded as unimportant in global blindness, of relevance only to the minority of the world’s population that live in wealthy countries. However, increasing life expectancy, particularly in Asia,
David Yorston
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