title: [Management of age-related macular degeneration. An update].
abstract: Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in people over 50 in developed countries. It is a multifactorial disease resulting from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors, and the age is the only worldwide admitted risk factor. The socioeconomic impact of the disease reaches enormous proportions, if we take into account the high cost of the available antiangiogenic therapy, the strict schedule of medical visits that it requires, and the impairment that it gives rise to. The response to treatment and the visual outcomes improve with early management of the retinal lesions, thus the early diagnosis of the disease in its initial phases, based on self-control with an Amsler grid and with regular ophthalmologic assessments, is essential.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, Madrid, Spain. igarcialozano@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García Lozano
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López García
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elosua de Juán
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male