 Macular Degeneration
"Macular Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Degenerative changes in the RETINA usually of older adults which results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the MACULA LUTEA) because of damage to the retina. It occurs in dry and wet forms.
| Descriptor ID |
D008268
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585.439
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| Concept/Terms |
Macular Degeneration- Macular Degeneration
- Degeneration, Macular
- Degenerations, Macular
- Macular Degenerations
- Age-Related Maculopathies
- Age Related Maculopathies
- Maculopathy, Age-Related
- Maculopathy, Age Related
- Macular Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Macular
- Dystrophy, Macular
- Macular Dystrophies
- Maculopathies, Age-Related
- Maculopathies, Age Related
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Age Related Macular Degeneration
- Age-Related Macular Degenerations
- Degeneration, Age-Related Macular
- Degenerations, Age-Related Macular
- Macular Degeneration, Age-Related
- Macular Degenerations, Age-Related
- Age-Related Maculopathy
- Age Related Maculopathy
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Macular Degeneration" by people in Profiles.
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Blitzer AL, Ham SA, Colby KA, Skondra D. Association of Metformin Use With Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Case-Control Study. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 03 01; 139(3):302-309.
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Yu HJ, Kiernan DF, Eichenbaum D, Sheth VS, Wykoff CC. Reply. Ophthalmol Retina. 2021 01; 5(1):e1-e2.
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Hussain RM, Weng CY, Wykoff CC, Gandhi RA, Hariprasad SM. Abicipar pegol for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2020 09; 20(9):999-1008.
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Shaw LT, Mackin A, Shah R, Jain S, Jain P, Nayak R, Hariprasad SM. Risuteganib-a novel integrin inhibitor for the treatment of non-exudative (dry) age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2020 Jun; 29(6):547-554.
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Dunn EN, Hariprasad SM, Sheth VS. An Overview of the Fovista and Rinucumab Trials and the Fate of Anti-PDGF Medications. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017 02 01; 48(2):100-104.
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Fritsche LG, Chen W, Schu M, Yaspan BL, Yu Y, Thorleifsson G, Zack DJ, Arakawa S, Cipriani V, Ripke S, Igo RP, Buitendijk GH, Sim X, Weeks DE, Guymer RH, Merriam JE, Francis PJ, Hannum G, Agarwal A, Armbrecht AM, Audo I, Aung T, Barile GR, Benchaboune M, Bird AC, Bishop PN, Branham KE, Brooks M, Brucker AJ, Cade WH, Cain MS, Campochiaro PA, Chan CC, Cheng CY, Chew EY, Chin KA, Chowers I, Clayton DG, Cojocaru R, Conley YP, Cornes BK, Daly MJ, Dhillon B, Edwards AO, Evangelou E, Fagerness J, Ferreyra HA, Friedman JS, Geirsdottir A, George RJ, Gieger C, Gupta N, Hagstrom SA, Harding SP, Haritoglou C, Heckenlively JR, Holz FG, Hughes G, Ioannidis JP, Ishibashi T, Joseph P, Jun G, Kamatani Y, Katsanis N, N Keilhauer C, Khan JC, Kim IK, Kiyohara Y, Klein BE, Klein R, Kovach JL, Kozak I, Lee CJ, Lee KE, Lichtner P, Lotery AJ, Meitinger T, Mitchell P, Mohand-Saïd S, Moore AT, Morgan DJ, Morrison MA, Myers CE, Naj AC, Nakamura Y, Okada Y, Orlin A, Ortube MC, Othman MI, Pappas C, Park KH, Pauer GJ, Peachey NS, Poch O, Priya RR, Reynolds R, Richardson AJ, Ripp R, Rudolph G, Ryu E, Sahel JA, Schaumberg DA, Scholl HP, Schwartz SG, Scott WK, Shahid H, Sigurdsson H, Silvestri G, Sivakumaran TA, Smith RT, Sobrin L, Souied EH, Stambolian DE, Stefansson H, Sturgill-Short GM, Takahashi A, Tosakulwong N, Truitt BJ, Tsironi EE, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Vijaya L, Vingerling JR, Vithana EN, Webster AR, Wichmann HE, Winkler TW, Wong TY, Wright AF, Zelenika D, Zhang M, Zhao L, Zhang K, Klein ML, Hageman GS, Lathrop GM, Stefansson K, Allikmets R, Baird PN, Gorin MB, Wang JJ, Klaver CC, Seddon JM, Pericak-Vance MA, Iyengar SK, Yates JR, Swaroop A, Weber BH, Kubo M, Deangelis MM, Léveillard T, Thorsteinsdottir U, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Heid IM, Abecasis GR. Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration. Nat Genet. 2013 Apr; 45(4):433-9, 439e1-2.
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Nguyen QD, Campochiaro PA, Shah SM, Browning DJ, Hudson HL, Sonkin PL, Hariprasad SM, Kaiser PK, Slakter J, Haller JA, Do DV, Mieler W, Chu K, Ingerman A, Vitti R, Berliner AJ, Cedarbaum J. Evaluation of very high- and very low-dose intravitreal aflibercept in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Dec; 28(6):581-8.
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Padnick-Silver L, Weinberg AB, Lafranco FP, Macsai MS. Pilot study for the detection of early exudative age-related macular degeneration with optical coherence tomography. Retina. 2012 Jun; 32(6):1045-56.
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Kiernan DF, Shah RJ, Hariprasad SM, Grassi MA, Small KW, Kiernan JP, Mieler WF. Thirty-Year follow-up of an African American family with macular dystrophy of the retina, locus 1 (North Carolina macular dystrophy). Ophthalmology. 2011 Jul; 118(7):1435-43.
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Kiernan DF, Hariprasad SM, Rusu IM, Mehta SV, Mieler WF, Jager RD. Epidemiology of the association between anticoagulants and intraocular hemorrhage in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Retina. 2010 Nov-Dec; 30(10):1573-8.
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