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Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in elderly Caucasians: the Tromsø Eye Study.

Ophthalmology - 1 Sept 2012

Erke Maja G, Bertelsen Geir, Peto Tunde, Sjølie Anne K, Lindekleiv Haakon, Njølstad Inger

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PURPOSE: To describe the sex- and age-specific prevalence of drusen, geographic atrophy, and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: Caucasian adults aged 65 to 87 years from the 6th Tromsø Study, a population-based study conducted in 2007-2008 in the municipality of Tromsø, Norway. METHODS: Digital color fundus photographs were graded for...

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PMID: 22608479
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.03.016

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