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The Incidence and Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration over 15 Years: The Blue Mountains Eye Study.
Ophthalmology - 1 Dec 2015
Joachim Nichole, Mitchell Paul, Burlutsky George, Kifley Annette, Wang Jie Jin
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PURPOSE: To assess the 15-year incidence and progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in an older Australian population. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) participants (n = 3654) aged 49+ years were examined during 1992-1994. Of these, 2334 (75.8% of survivors) were reexamined after 5 years (1997-1999), 1952 (76.7% of survivors) after 10 years...
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