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Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
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 The Indian prevalence of the disease has been reported as 1.1% from South India and 4.7% in North India. Among the risk factors of AMD, age plays a major role. The risk increases with increasing age. Other risk factors being white race, smoking, obesity, sunlight exposure, hypertension and genetic factors.
The patient with AMD visits an eye doctor with the complaints of difficulty in night vision, decreased contrast, decreased saturation of colors, distortion of objects and a dark spot in the center of visual field. AMD is differentiated into two types: Dry or non-exudative AMD and Wet or exudative AMD. The dry type is the more prevalent form, the wet type constitutes only 10% but it is the predominant form of vision loss. Treatment modalities of wet AMD are laser, photodynamic therapy and injections into the eye. Injections commonly used are Anti-VEGF (avastin, leucentis and macugen) and steroids (Triamcinolone acetonide). Unfortunately none of these treatments are a cure for AMD. The disease may progress despite treatment. |
Latest Publication and Research on Age Related Macular Degeneration - Updated on 04/18/2013.
A Simple and Scalable Process for the Differentiation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. - Published by PubMed
INTERLEUKIN 8 PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM PREDICTS THE INITIAL RESPONSE TO BEVACIZUMAB TREATMENT FOR EXUDATIVE AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION. - Published by PubMed
SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF ORAL FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY IN DETECTING MACULAR EDEMA IN COMPARISON WITH SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY. - Published by PubMed
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR MACULAR DISEASES SHOW CHARACTERISTIC EFFECTS ON NEAR AND DISTANCE VISUAL FUNCTION. - Published by PubMed
SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF DRUSENOID PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENTS. - Published by PubMed
A Simple and Scalable Process for the Differentiation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. - Published by PubMed
INTERLEUKIN 8 PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM PREDICTS THE INITIAL RESPONSE TO BEVACIZUMAB TREATMENT FOR EXUDATIVE AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION. - Published by PubMed
SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF ORAL FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY IN DETECTING MACULAR EDEMA IN COMPARISON WITH SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY. - Published by PubMed
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR MACULAR DISEASES SHOW CHARACTERISTIC EFFECTS ON NEAR AND DISTANCE VISUAL FUNCTION. - Published by PubMed
SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF DRUSENOID PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENTS. - Published by PubMed
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