Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in...
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Geographic atrophy (redirect from Atrophic age-related macular degeneration)
as atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or advanced dry AMD, is an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration that can result in the...
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occasionally fats into the retina causing it to swell. Age-related macular degeneration may cause macular edema. As individuals age there may be a natural deterioration...
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with ELOVL4 or PROM1 genes, respectively. It is characterized by macular degeneration that begins in childhood, adolescence or adulthood, resulting in...
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Myopia (redirect from Myopic degeneration)
eye strain. Severe myopia is associated with an increased risk of macular degeneration, retinal detachment, cataracts, and glaucoma. Myopia results from...
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This is done in the treatment of certain cancers and in age-related macular degeneration. They can involve monoclonal antibodies such as bevacizumab, antibody...
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used for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). Faricimab is the first bispecific monoclonal...
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Epiretinal membrane (redirect from Macular pucker)
the membrane becomes quite thick and hard; so usually there is no macular degeneration. The source of the cells in epiretinal membranes (ERM) has been found...
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macular degeneration is an emerging treatment approach aimed at restoring vision in individuals suffering from various forms of macular degeneration,...
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Other disorders that may cause visual problems include age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, corneal clouding, childhood blindness, and...
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common early sign of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Drusen associated with aging and macular degeneration are distinct from another clinical...
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Zeaxanthin (section Isomers and macular uptake)
including lutein and zeaxanthin with lower incidence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), most notably the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS2). Because...
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Β-Carotene (section Macular degeneration)
an 18% decrease in the risk of all-cause mortality. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) represents the leading cause of irreversible blindness in elderly...
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Laser coagulation (section Macular degeneration)
kinds of diabetic retinopathy; it is no longer used in age-related macular degeneration in favor of anti-VEGF drugs. The American Academy of Ophthalmology...
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This kind of vision is impaired if the macula is damaged, as in macular degeneration. The clinical macula is seen when viewed from the pupil, as in ophthalmoscopy...
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Micropsia (section Macular degeneration)
from changes in the shape of the retina such as from retinal edema, macular degeneration, or central serous retinopathy), by changes in the brain (such as...
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brand names Eylea and Zaltrap, is a medication used to treat wet macular degeneration and metastatic colorectal cancer. It was developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals...
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Factor H (section Age-related macular degeneration)
in the protein change p.Y402H, as a risk factor for Age Releated Macular Degeneration (AMD) present in around a third of Europeans. Although its allele...
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disturbances caused by changes in the retina, particularly the macula (e.g. macular degeneration, Epiretinal membrane), as well as the optic nerve and the visual...
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L-DOPA (section Age-related macular degeneration)
a retrospective analysis comparing the incidence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) between patients taking versus not taking l-DOPA found that...
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progression of disease. Musarella MA (May 2001). "Molecular genetics of macular degeneration". Documenta Ophthalmologica. Advances in Ophthalmology. 102 (3):...
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Vitamin E (section Age-related macular degeneration)
beta-carotene, selenium). No changes seen for risk of developing age-related macular degeneration from long-term vitamin E supplementation. An older review of dietary...
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DNA repair processes available to react to the damage. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease that affects the eyes and can lead to vision loss...
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to treat the "wet" type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD, also ARMD), diabetic retinopathy, and macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlusion...
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Human eye (section Macular degeneration)
astigmatism, and presbyopia (the loss of focusing range during aging). Macular degeneration is especially prevalent in the U.S. and affects roughly 1.75 million...
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examples of the etiology include macular pucker (macular detachment), macular hole, and age-related macular degeneration. Macular dystrophies and telangiectasia...
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Lutein (section Macular degeneration)
formulation containing lutein reduced progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by 25 percent. However, lutein and zeaxanthin had no overall...
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been associated with the development of macular degeneration, and the risk of frailty. Macular degeneration is the leading cause of severe, irreversible...
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Single-nucleotide polymorphism (redirect from Polymorphic macular degeneration)
in the CFH gene is associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration. Differences in the severity of an illness or response to treatments...
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Bevacizumab (section Macular degeneration)
these diseases it is used as a first-line therapy. For age-related macular degeneration it is given by injection into the eye (intravitreal). Common side...
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