Clinical and genetic factors associated with progression of geographic atrophy lesions in age-related macular degeneration.

Clinical and genetic factors associated with progression of geographic atrophy lesions in age-related macular degeneration.

Worldwide, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a serious threat to vision loss in individuals over 50 years of age with a pooled prevalence of approximately 9%. For 2020, the number of people afflicted with this condition is estimated to reach 200 million. While AMD lesions presenting as geogr...

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Main Authors: Felix Grassmann, Monika Fleckenstein, Emily Y Chew, Tobias Strunz, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Arno P Göbel, Michael L Klein, Rinki Ratnapriya, Anand Swaroop, Frank G Holz, Bernhard H F Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4427438?pdf=render

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