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Age-related macular degeneration: genetic and environmental factors of disease.
Molecular interventions - 1 Oct 2010
Chen Yuhong, Bedell Matthew, Zhang Kang
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of visual impairment among the elderly in developed countries, and its prevalence is thus increasing as the population ages; however, treatment options remain limited because the etiology and pathogenesis of AMD are incompletely defined. Recently, much progress has been made in gene discovery and mechanistic studies, which clearly indicate that AMD...
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