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| Treating age-related macular degeneration | | Author(s) | James Self, Poorna Abeysiri, Andrew Lotery |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 36, no 4, April 2006 |
| Pages | pp 27/34 |
| Source | http://www.gerimed.co.uk |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Medical care. |
| Annotation | Age-related macular degeneration affects approximately one in three of the population by the age of 75. It is the commonest cause of blindness in the Western world, accounting for all cases of registered blindness in people aged 65+. In this article, the authors review the causal factors, the symptoms, how the disease progresses, and they discuss how best to treat the condition. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061106207 A |
| Classmark | BR: LK |
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