Publication details
Věkem podmíněná makulární degenerace
| Title in English | Age-related macular degeneration |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Časopis lékařů českých |
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| Citation | |
| Field | ORL, ophthalmology, stomatology |
| Keywords | age related macular degeneration; choriodeal neovascular membrane; fluorescence angiography; optical coherence tomography |
| Description | Along with the ageing of the population in Czech Republic, the age-related macular degeneration becomes a serious problem. Terminal stages of this disease lead to very low visual acuity close to the practical blindness which becomes an important socioeconomic problem. Age-related macular degeneration affects 30 % patients older than 75 years. The effort of all therapeutic procedures developed in the last 25 years is to guarantee to patients with age-related macular degeneration prolongation of the effective visual acuity. |