"Wet Macular Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of RETINAL DEGENERATION in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.
| Descriptor ID |
D057135
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585.439.622
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| Concept/Terms |
Wet Macular Degeneration- Wet Macular Degeneration
- Degeneration, Wet Macular
- Degenerations, Wet Macular
- Macular Degeneration, Wet
- Macular Degenerations, Wet
- Wet Macular Degenerations
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wet Macular Degeneration" by people in Profiles.
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Screening Medications for Association with Progression to Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology. 2021 02; 128(2):248-255.
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Microvascular contributions to age-related macular degeneration (AMD): from mechanisms of choriocapillaris aging to novel interventions. Geroscience. 2019 12; 41(6):813-845.
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Critical Role of Trophic Factors in Protecting Müller Glia: Implications to Neuroprotection in Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Anti-VEGF Therapies. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019; 1185:469-473.
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Therapeutic Effects of PPARa Agonist on Ocular Neovascularization in Models Recapitulating Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 10 01; 58(12):5065-5075.
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Nanoceria: a Potential Therapeutic for Dry AMD. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016; 854:111-8.
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Effects of core vitrectomy in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol. 2014 Aug; 92(5):465-72.