title: AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to review the current knowledge on Age- Related Macular Degeneration, including pathogenesis, ocular manifestations, diagnosis and ancillary testing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Relevant publications on Age-Related Macular Degeneration that were published until 2014.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common macular disease affecting elderly people in the Western world. It is characterized by the appearance of drusen in the macula, accompanied by choroidal neovascularization (CNV) or geographic atrophy.
authors.forename: Andreea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gheorghe
authors.forename: Labib
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mahdi
authors.forename: Ovidiu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Musat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods; D057092:Geographic Atrophy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015593:Retinal Drusen / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods; D057135:Wet Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis