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Showcases exudative and nonexudative AMD treatment techniques using argon and diode lasers, submacular and macular translocation surgery, photodynamic therapy, radiation, feeder vessel treatment, thermotherapy, and antiangiogenesis drugs. Includes 160 color illustrations.

Showcases exudative and nonexudative AMD treatment techniques using argon and diode lasers, submacular and macular translocation surgery, photodynamic therapy, radiation, feeder vessel treatment, thermotherapy, and antiangiogenesis drugs.

Age-Related Macular Degeneration examines

newly developed treatments for CNV

immune mechanisms of AMD

histopathology of various stages of AMD

epidemiology and risk factors for AMD, CNV, and geographic atrophy

genetics of AMD

risk reduction modalities

ICG and OCT imaging

clinical trials and research protocols

quality of life assessments and the psychosocial aspects of AMD

potential applications of a retinal prosthesis

retinal pigment epithelium transplantation
With 1425 references, Age-Related Macular Degeneration will benefit clinical ophthalmologists, pathologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists; optometrists; cell and molecular biologists and biochemists; retinal specialists; AMD researchers; and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.

Pathophysiology of the Aging Eye

Aging of Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Brian D. Sippy and David R. Hinton
Histopathological Characteristics of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Ehud Zamir and Narsing A. Rao
Immunology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Scott W. Cousins and Karl G. Csaky

Clinical Features of AMD

Nonexudative Macular Degeneration
Neelakshi Bhagat and Christina J. Flaxel
Geographic Atrophy
Sharon D. Solomon, Michael J. Cooney, and Janet S. Sunness
Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Jennifer I. Lim

Diagnostic Ancillary Tests

Indocyanine Green Angiography
Antonio P. Ciardella, Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, Jason S. Slater, David R. Guyer, John A. Sorenson, Richard F. Spaide, K. Bailey Freund, and Dennis Orlock
Optical Coherence Tomography for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Mark J. Rivellese, Adam Martidis, and Elias Reichel

Current and Experimental Medical Treatment for Exudative AMD

Laser Photocoagulation for Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Jonathan Yoken, Jacque L. Duncan, Jeffrey W. Berger, Joshua Dunaief, and Stuart L. Fine
Photodynamic Therapy
Mark S. Blumenkranz and Kathryn W. Woodburn
Radiation Treatment in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Christina J. Flaxel and Paul Finger
Photocoagulation of AMD-Associated CNV Feeder Vessels
Robert W. Flower
Transpupillary Thermotherapy of Subfoveal Occult Choroidal Neovascularization
Adam H. Rogers, Adam Martidis, Elias Reichel, and Audina M. Berrocal
Choroidal Neovascularization
Peter A. Campochiaro and Frances E. Kane

Surgical Treatment for AMD

Submacular Surgery for Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
P. Kumar Rao and Matthew A. Thomas
Limited Macular Translocation
Kah-Guan Au Eong, Gildo Y. Fujii, Dante J. Pieramici, and Eugene de Juan, Jr.
Use of Adjuncts in Surgery for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Lawrence P. Chong

Current Treatment for Non-exudative AMD

Argon Laser to Drusen
Frank J. McCabe and Allen C. Ho
Treatment of Nonexudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Infrared (810 nm) Diode Laser Photocoagulation
Thomas R. Friberg
Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Choroidal Neovascularization
Kah-Guan Au Eong and Julia A. Haller

Rehabilitation of the Eye

The Psychosocial Consequences of Vision Loss
Gretchen B. Van Boemel
Clinical Considerations for Visual Rehabilitation
Susan A. Primo
Retinal Prosthesis
Kah-Guan Au Eong, James D. Weiland, Eyal Margalit, Eugene de Juan, Jr., and Mark S. Humayun
Genetics of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Philip J. Rosenfeld
Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Transplantation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Lucian V. Del Priore, Henry J. Kaplan, and Tongalp H. Tezel
Assessment of Visual Function and Quality of Life in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Paul J. Mackenzie and Thomas Chang

Development of Research Protocols in AMD

Clinical Research Trials
A. Frances Walonker and Rohit Varma

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