Age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in Asians

CW Wong, Y Yanagi, WK Lee, Y Ogura, I Yeo… - Progress in retinal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in
elderly people globally. It is estimated that there will be more Asians with AMD than the rest …

Age-related macular degeneration

EK de Jong, MJ Geerlings, AI den Hollander - Genetics and genomics of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a multifactorial disease influenced by a
combination of environmental factors and genetic variants. Genomic studies have been …

Evaluation of age-related macular degeneration with optical coherence tomography

PA Keane, PJ Patel, S Liakopoulos, FM Heussen… - Survey of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe visual loss in
people aged 50 years or older in the developed world. In recent years, major advances have …

Age-related macular degeneration revisited–piecing the puzzle: the LXIX Edward Jackson memorial lecture

JW Miller - American journal of ophthalmology, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To present the current understanding of age-related macular degeneration
(AMD) pathogenesis, based on clinical evidence, epidemiologic data, histopathologic …

Injectable hydrogels for central nervous system therapy

MM Pakulska, BG Ballios, MS Shoichet - Biomedical materials, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Diseases and injuries of the central nervous system (CNS) including those in the brain,
spinal cord and retina are devastating because the CNS has limited intrinsic regenerative …

A hydrogel-based stem cell delivery system to treat retinal degenerative diseases

BG Ballios, MJ Cooke, D van der Kooy, MS Shoichet - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Regenerative strategies for retinal degenerative diseases are limited by poor cellular
survival, distribution and integration after transplantation to the sub-retinal space. To …

Use of fundus perimetry (microperimetry) to quantify macular sensitivity

K Rohrschneider, S Bültmann, C Springer - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2008 - Elsevier
The advances in retinal imaging technologies have led to enormous innovation towards
diagnostic in current ophthalmology, enabling the practitioner to detect early retinal changes …

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

B Alchi, D Jayne - Pediatric Nephrology, 2010 - Springer
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis is an uncommon kidney disorder characterized
by mesangial cell proliferation and structural changes in glomerular capillary walls. It can be …

Folic acid, pyridoxine, and cyanocobalamin combination treatment and age-related macular degeneration in women: the Women's Antioxidant and Folic Acid …

WG Christen, RJ Glynn, EY Chew… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background Observational epidemiologic studies indicate a direct association between
homocysteine concentration in the blood and the risk of age-related macular degeneration …

Dietary ω-3 fatty acid and fish intake and incident age-related macular degeneration in women

WG Christen, DA Schaumberg, RJ Glynn… - Archives of …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To examine whether intake of ω-3 fatty acids and fish affects incidence of age-
related macular degeneration (AMD) in women. Design A detailed food-frequency …