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Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD): Alzheimer's Disease in the Eye?

2011; IOS Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3233/jad-2011-101908

1875-8908

Kai Kaarniranta, Antero Salminen, Annakaisa Haapasalo, Hilkka Soininen, Mikko Hiltunen,

Glaucoma and retinal disorders

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a late-onset, neurodegenerative retinal disease that shares several clinical and pathological features with Alzheimer's disease (AD), including stress stimuli such as oxidative stress and inflammation. In bot