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Macular Degeneration Epidemiology

Research from University of Bonn, Department of Ophthalmology provide new insights into macular degeneration epidemiology

Published in Pharma Law Weekly, March 27th, 2007

Researchers detail in "Progression of geographic atrophy and impact of fundus autofluorescence patterns in age-related macular degeneration," new data in macular degeneration. Researchers in Bonn, Germany conducted a study "To test if fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns around geographic atrophy (GA) have an impact on GA progression rates over time in atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Prospective longitudinal multicenter natural history study."

"Standardized digital FAF images were obtained from 195 eyes of 129 patients with GA using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (excitation 488 nm, emission >500 nm). Areas of GA were quantified and...

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