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Review
. 2003 Mar 1;326(7387):485-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7387.485.

Age related macular degeneration

Amresh Chopdar  1 , Usha Chakravarthy, Dinesh Verma
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Review

Age related macular degeneration

Amresh Chopdar et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Colour photograph of a normal fundus showing the different zones of the macular area
Figure 2
Figure 2
Colour photograph showing a typical case of the geographic pattern of retinal pigment epithelial atrophy in an age related macular degeneration
Figure 3
Figure 3
The concept of exudative age related macular degeneration. Note the choroidal new vessels growing through the breaks in the Bruch's membrane. (Modified from an idea of Bressler SB, et al. Am J Ophthalmol 1982;93:157-63)
Figure 4
Figure 4
A case of classic choroidal neovascularisation. The colour photograph shows intraretinal haemorrhage and retinal oedema of the macular area. The next two frames show early and late phases of the fluorescein angiogram with leakage of dye. The final frame is a photograph from indocyanine green angiography, showing the detailed architecture of the choroidal vasculature
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