Diseases

Wet Macular Degeneration

A form of RETINAL DEGENERATION in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.

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A form of RETINAL DEGENERATION in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.

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  • Degeneration, Wet Macular
  • Degenerations, Wet Macular
  • Macular Degeneration, Wet
  • Macular Degenerations, Wet
  • Wet Macular Degenerations

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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 (1973-2009)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Wet Macular Degeneration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057135. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057135
  2. Wet Macular Degeneration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18553965