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- Title
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness...
- Authors
Bressler, Neil M.
- Abstract
Focuses on an article that appears in the "Archives of Ophthalmology" in April 2004 that discusses age-related macular degeneration and its prevalence in the United States. How age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness; Estimate of the prevalence and distribution of age-related macular degeneration by age, race/ethnicity, and gender; Indication that the prevalence will increase in less than 20 years; Assertion that age-related macular degeneration will be a major problem if efforts are not made to reduce the risk of blindness from this disease.
- Subjects
RETINAL degeneration; DISEASES in older people; EYE diseases; BLINDNESS; VISION disorders; RETINAL diseases
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 15, p1900
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.15.1900