During the past ten years, dramatic advances have been made in unraveling the biological
bases of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of irreversible …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a blinding disease that afflicts millions of adults
in the Western world. Although it has been proposed that a threshold event occurs during …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of blindness in the elderly. We
report a genome-wide screen of 96 cases and 50 controls for polymorphisms associated …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common, late-onset, and complex trait with
multiple risk factors. Concentrating on a region harboring a locus for AMD on 1q25-31, the …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent cause of irreversible
blindness in the elderly in developed countries. Our previous studies implicated activation of …

PURPOSE: The accumulation of numerous or confluent drusen, especially in the macula, is
a significant risk factor for the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) …

Today, the average life expectancy in developed nations is over 80 years and climbing. And
yet, the quality of life during those additional years is often significantly diminished by the …

Background Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in
Western populations. Susceptibility is influenced by age and by genetic and environmental …

Purpose To evaluate the effect of eculizumab, a systemic inhibitor of complement
component (C5), on the growth of geographic atrophy (GA) in patients with age-related …

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive retinal disease and the major
cause of irreversible vision loss in the elderly. Numerous studies have found both common …