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Age-Related Macular Degeneration II—Geographic Atrophy

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Geographic atrophy (GA) represents the atrophic late-stage manifestation of “dry” age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It is characterised by the development of atrophic patches that may initially occur in the parafoveal area [3, 13, 16, 23]. During the natural course of the disease, atrophy slowly enlarges over time, and the fovea itself is typically not involved until later (“foveal sparing”, see Fig 12.3).

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Germany

    Frank Holz  & Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg  & 

  2. Vitreous, Retina Macula, Consultants of New York, 460 Park Ave., 5th Floor, 10022, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Spaide

  3. Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11–43 Bath Street, EC1V 9EL, London, UK

    Alan C. Bird

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(2007). Age-Related Macular Degeneration II—Geographic Atrophy. In: Holz, F., Spaide, R., Bird, A., Schmitz-Valckenberg, S. (eds) Atlas of Fundus Autofluorscence Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71994-6_12

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