Senile macular degeneration and alteration of the metabolism of the lipids.
An accurate study on the alterations of lipid metabolism was made on a sample of 30 patients affected by senile macular degeneration and 13 patients affected by senile macular degeneration complicated by retinopathy due to hyperlipidemia. The authors came to the conclusion that hyperlipidemia can complicate simple macular degeneration, even if a close correlation between the two phenomena can be excluded.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D008074:Lipoproteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol