Research advance on risk factors of age-related macular degeneration / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

ABSTRACT

Age-related macular degeneration(AMD), the most common cause of irreversible blindness over 50 years in developed countries, is a degenerative disease occurs with age. The prevalence rate in our country is also increasing by year and the pathogenesis is still undiscovered. In this review, we focus on the associated risk factors reported in recent years, aim to further understand the pathogenesis of AMD.