[Management of age-related macular degeneration. An update]. / Actualización en el manejo de la degeneración macular asociada a la edad.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
; 47(5): 214-9, 2012.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22578320
ABSTRACT
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in people over 50 in developed countries. It is a multifactorial disease resulting from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors, and the age is the only worldwide admitted risk factor. The socioeconomic impact of the disease reaches enormous proportions, if we take into account the high cost of the available antiangiogenic therapy, the strict schedule of medical visits that it requires, and the impairment that it gives rise to. The response to treatment and the visual outcomes improve with early management of the retinal lesions, thus the early diagnosis of the disease in its initial phases, based on self-control with an Amsler grid and with regular ophthalmologic assessments, is essential.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Degeneração Macular
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha