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Macular Degeneration

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Definition: 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.     
See Also Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
Examples Geographic Atrophy; Macular Edema; Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy; Wet Macular Degeneration 		Other names Maculopathy, Age-Related; Maculopathy, Age Related; Maculopathies, Age Related; Macular Dystrophies; Macular Degenerations, Age-Related; Macular Degenerations; Macular Degeneration, Age-Related; Dystrophy, Macular; Dystrophies, Macular; Degenerations, Macular; Degenerations, Age-Related Macular; Degeneration, Macular; Degeneration, Age-Related Macular; Age-Related Macular Degenerations; Age Related Maculopathy; Age Related Maculopathies; Age Related Macular Degeneration; Maculopathies, Age-Related; Macular Dystrophy; Age-Related Maculopathy
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Stargardt Macular Degeneration Absent or Hypoplastic Corpus Callosum Mental Retardation and Dysmorphic Features  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Macular Degeneration *Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.
Juvenile macular degeneration and hypotrichosis  0   *Hypotrichosis/congenital *Macular Degeneration.
ARMS2 protein, human  0   *Proteins Macular Degeneration. Hum Mol Genet 2005 Nov 1;14(21):3227-36
ranibizumab  0   *Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005 Feb;46(2):726-33LUCENTIS
verteporfin  129497-78-5   *Porphyrins Antineoplastic Agents Macular Degeneration Photochemotherapy.
Pharma Action Photosensitizing Agents 		Semin Oncol 1994 Dec;21(6 suppl 15):11-4VISUDYNE

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