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Age- and sex-based evaluation of the association between refractive error and age-related macular degeneration in the Korean population.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between refractive error and prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Korean adults, based on the sex and age group.
Kook Lee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medicinal plants and natural products as neuroprotective agents in age-related macular degeneration

open access: yesNeural Regeneration Research, 2020
The retina may suffer neurodegenerative damages, as other tissues of the central nervous system do, and serious eye diseases may develop. One of them is age-related macular degeneration, which causes progressive loss of vision due to retina degeneration.
Francisco Bosch-Morell   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ranibizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

open access: yesClinical Interventions in Aging, 2006
Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a visually devastating condition resulting from choroidal neovascularization and secondary photoreceptor loss.
K. Eng, P. Kertes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

open access: yesDeutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2020
BACKGROUND Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is thought to cause approximately 9% of all cases of blindness worldwide. In Germany, half of all cases of blindness and high-grade visual impairment are due to AMD. In this review, the main risk factors,
A. Stahl
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cost effectiveness of treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in people aged >= 50 years. Wet AMD in particular has a major impact on patient quality of life and imposes substantial burdens on healthcare systems.
Annemans, Lieven   +4 more
core   +1 more source

FAMILIAL MACULAR DEGENERATION [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1919
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openaire   +2 more sources

Vascular Response to Sildenafil Citrate in Aging and Age-Related Macular Degeneration. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the leading cause of vision loss in the elderly - share many risks factors as atherosclerosis, which exhibits loss of vascular compliance resulting from aging and oxidative stress.
Agrawal, Rupesh   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Mass spectrometry in ocular drug research

open access: yesMass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Mass spectrometry (MS) has been proven as an excellent tool in ocular drug research allowing analyzes from small samples and low concentrations. This review begins with a short introduction to eye physiology and ocular pharmacokinetics and the relevance of advancing ophthalmic treatments.
Eva M. del Amo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphometric analyses of the visual pathways in macular degeneration

open access: yes, 2014
Introduction. Macular degeneration (MD) causes central visual field loss. When field defects occur in both eyes and overlap, parts of the visual pathways are no longer stimulated.
Baseler, Heidi A.   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Association of sildenafil use with age-related macular degeneration: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMJ Open Ophthalmology
Objective Despite significant advances in clinical care and understanding of the underlying pathophysiology, age-related macular degeneration (AMD)—a major cause of global blindness—lacks effective treatment to prevent the irreversible degeneration of ...
Nicola Jaime Adderley   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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