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Medical News Article on Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Researchers from Paracelsus Medical University Report Recent Findings in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

2012 MAR 20 -- Research findings, "Mitochondrial haplogroups and control region polymorphisms in age-related macular degeneration: a case-control study," are discussed in a new report. According to the authors of a study from Salzburg, Austria, "Onset and development of the multifactorial disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are highly interrelated with mitochondrial functions such as energy production and free radical turnover. Mitochondrial dysfunction and overproduction of reactive oxygen species may contribute to destruction of the retinal pigment epithelium, retinal atrophy and choroidal neovascularization, leading to AMD."

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