• Title of article

    Age-related Macular Degeneration in Very Old Individual with Family Hitory

  • Author/Authors

    Abjorg Geirdottir، نويسنده , , Einar tefanon، نويسنده , , Fridbert Jonaon، نويسنده , , Gudleif Helgadottir، نويسنده , , Haraldur igurdon، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    889
  • To page
    890
  • Abstract
    Purpoe To tudy age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in old and very old individual with family hitory of AMD to find the proportion of thoe with early and advanced AMD. Deign Retropective cro-ectional cohort tudy of individual with family hitory of AMD. Method Databae of 897 AMD patient age 75 to 102 year with family hitory of AMD wa compiled. Color fundu photograph were graded in a maked fahion according to the International Claification of AMD. Reult With increaing age, a gradually larger proportion of participant had advanced AMD; 54% (469 of 863) of all thoe 75 year and older had advanced AMD, 64% (258 of 406) of all thoe 85 year and older, 74% (37 of 50) of all thoe 95 year and older, and all (eight of eight) 100 year and older had advanced AMD. Concluion All the centenarian in the preent tudy had advanced AMD.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    626915