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Sparing of age-related macular degeneration in rheumatoid arthritis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2000
McGeer Patrick L, Sibley John
Abstract excerpt
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), for which inflammatory changes have been demonstrated, is the commonest cause of blindness in the elderly. We compared the prevalence of AMD in a prospectively followed cohort of rheumatoid arthritic (RA) patients from Saskatchewan with published data from four racially similar general populations. For individuals 65 years or older, only three cases of AMD were identified...
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