"Geographic Atrophy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of MACULAR DEGENERATION also known as dry macular degeneration marked by occurrence of a well-defined progressive lesion or atrophy in the central part of the RETINA called the MACULA LUTEA. It is distinguishable from WET MACULAR DEGENERATION in that the latter involves neovascular exudates.
| Descriptor ID |
D057092
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585.439.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Geographic Atrophy- Geographic Atrophy
- Atrophies, Geographic
- Atrophy, Geographic
- Geographic Atrophies
- Dry Macular Degeneration
- Degeneration, Dry Macular
- Degenerations, Dry Macular
- Dry Macular Degenerations
- Macular Degeneration, Dry
- Macular Degenerations, Dry
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geographic Atrophy" by people in Profiles.
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Pharmacokinetics and metabolism in mouse retina of bis-allylic deuterated docosahexaenoic acid (D-DHA), a new dry AMD drug candidate. Exp Eye Res. 2022 09; 222:109193.
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Deuterated docosahexaenoic acid protects against oxidative stress and geographic atrophy-like retinal degeneration in a mouse model with iron overload. Aging Cell. 2022 04; 21(4):e13579.
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Nanoceria: a Potential Therapeutic for Dry AMD. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016; 854:111-8.
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Mitochondrial oxidative stress in the retinal pigment epithelium leads to localized retinal degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Jul 01; 55(7):4613-27.