{"title":"AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.","authors":"Andreea Gheorghe, Labib Mahdi, Ovidiu Musat","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objective of our study was to review the current knowledge on Age- Related Macular Degeneration, including pathogenesis, ocular manifestations, diagnosis and ancillary testing.</p><p><strong>Systematic review methodology: </strong>Relevant publications on Age-Related Macular Degeneration that were published until 2014.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common macular disease affecting elderly people in the Western world. It is characterized by the appearance of drusen in the macula, accompanied by choroidal neovascularization (CNV) or geographic atrophy.</p>","PeriodicalId":94203,"journal":{"name":"Romanian journal of ophthalmology","volume":"59 2","pages":"74-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5712933/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Romanian journal of ophthalmology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objectives: The objective of our study was to review the current knowledge on Age- Related Macular Degeneration, including pathogenesis, ocular manifestations, diagnosis and ancillary testing.
Systematic review methodology: Relevant publications on Age-Related Macular Degeneration that were published until 2014.
Conclusions: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common macular disease affecting elderly people in the Western world. It is characterized by the appearance of drusen in the macula, accompanied by choroidal neovascularization (CNV) or geographic atrophy.