Age-related Macular Degeneration
Authors:
P. Kolář
Authors‘ workplace:
Oftalmologická klinika LF MU a FN, Brno
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2005; 144: 516-520
Category:
Law and Medicine
Overview
Along with the ageing of the population in Czech Republic, the age-related macular degeneration becomes a serious problem. Terminal stages of this disease lead to very low visual acuity close to the practical blindness which becomes an important socioeconomic problem. Age-related macular degeneration affects 30 % patients older than 75 years. The effort of all therapeutic procedures developed in the last 25 years is to guarantee to patients with age-related macular degeneration prolongation of the effective visual acuity.
Key words:
age-related macular degeneration, choroideal neovascular membrane, fluorescence angiography, optical coherence tomography.
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