Pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration: embryologic concept.
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a bilateral progressive process which deprives millions of elderly individuals of central vision. Although numerous risk factors have been enumerated, embryonic implication, in relation to ARMD is an area that has been neglected to my knowledge. I address this new issue for the first time.
Anatomy Institute, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
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D000375:Aging; D005123:Eye / Q000196:embryology*; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000196:embryology; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000209:etiology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000196:embryology