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  Česky / Czech version Čas. Lék. čes., 2005, 144, pp. 516–520.
 
Age-related Macular Degeneration 
Kolář P. 

Oftalmologická klinika LF MU a FN, Brno
 


Summary:

       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.

        Key words: age-related macular degeneration, choroideal neovascular membrane, fluorescence angiography, optical coherence tomography.
       

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