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Abstract
A form of MACULAR DEGENERATION also known as dry macular degeneration marked by occurrence of a well-defined progressive lesion or atrophy in the central part of the RETINA called the MACULA LUTEA. It is distinguishable from WET MACULAR DEGENERATION in that the latter involves neovascular exudates.
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- Dry Macular Degeneration
- Atrophies, Geographic
- Atrophy, Geographic
- Degeneration, Dry Macular
- Degenerations, Dry Macular
- Dry Macular Degenerations
- Geographic Atrophies
- Macular Degeneration, Dry
- Macular Degenerations, Dry
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2010
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- Retinal Degeneration (1970-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Geographic Atrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057092. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057092
- Geographic Atrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_atrophy
- Geographic Atrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47200750