- ►capconcorp.com [PDF] R Klein, T Peto, A Bird, MR Vannewkirk - American journal of ophthalmology, 2004 - Elsevier Large, soft drusen associated with pigmentary abnormalities increase the risk of
progression to advanced AMD. Large soft drusen may fade over time. Advanced AMD
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JM Seddon, CA Chen - International ophthalmology clinics, 2004 - journals.lww.com Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible
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T Wong, P Mitchell - The Lancet, 2007 - Elsevier Hypertension has a range of effects on the eye. Hypertensive retinopathy refers
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- ►nih.gov TY Wong, SC Loon, SM Saw - British Medical Journal, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com In the past decade, several large population based studies have provided new
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I Maruko, T Iida, M Saito, D Nagayama, K … - American journal of ophthalmology, 2007 - Elsevier The authors classified the patients into three subtypes of neovascular AMD:
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M Miyazaki, T Kubota, M Kubo, Y Kiyohara, M … - Journal of Glaucoma, 2005 - journals.lww.com From *Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu
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M Miyazaki, M Kubo, Y Kiyohara, K Okubo, H … - Diabetologia, 2004 - Springer Aims/hypothesis. The aims of this study were to com- pare the ability of tests
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