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Age-Related Macular Degeneration : Etiology, Diagnosis and Management - A Glance at the Future / edited by Giuseppe Lo Giudice.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lo Giudice, Giuseppe, Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Age factors in disease.
- Retinal degeneration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations some color
- Other Title:
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Age-related macular degeneration-etiology, diagnosis and management
- Place of Publication:
- IntechOpen 2013
- Rijeka, Croatia : InTech, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible central vision loss in developed countries.There have been rapid developments of therapies that today can halt or even reverse aspects of vision loss resulting from AMD among those most severely affected, and there is promise of future therapies that may prevent vision loss. This book provides an overview about AMD; an update on the current understanding of AMD, pathophysiology, the use of diagnostic tests, the management of both non-neovascular and neovascular AMD as well as future directions in treatment and its limitations. It also looks into the future with potential treatment options that are now under investigation in clinical trials.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Intech, viewed October 19, 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789535171621
- 9535171623
- 9789535111139
- 9535111132
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