Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Classification and Pathogenesis

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was first described in 1885 by Otto Haab as a disease in patients above 50 years of age with progressive retinal pigment epithelial and atrophic degenerations of the macula reducing the central visual acuity. AMD is a neurodegenerative disease and is now the...

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Published in:	Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
Main Author:	İmren Akkoyun
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkish Ophthalmology Society 2014-12-01
Subjects:	AMD geographic atrophy neovascular AMD pathogenesis
Online Access:	http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_7551/Age-related-Macular-Degeneration-Classification-And-Pathogenesis