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Age-related Macular Degeneration

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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) involves a variety of phenotypic changes at the posterior pole. These phenotypic fi ndings change dynamically over time, which is not always evident from a single funduscopy. Earlystage disease is characterized by drusen and/or irregular focal hypo- or hyperpigmentations.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, St. Franziskus Hospital, Münster, Germany

    M. Dietzel & D. Pauleikhoff

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    F. G. Holz

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

    A. C. Bird

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  1. Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, Bonn, 53127, Germany

    Frank G. Holz

  2. Zentrum für Refraktive Chirurgie, Hohenzollern-Klinik, Hohenzollernring 57, Münster, 48145, Germany

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  3. Consultants of New York, Vitreous, Retina & Macula, Park Avenue 460, New York, 10022, New York, USA

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    Alan C. Bird

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Dietzel, M., Pauleikhoff, D., Holz, F.G., Bird, A.C. (2013). Early AMD. In: Holz, F., Pauleikhoff, D., Spaide, R., Bird, A. (eds) Age-related Macular Degeneration. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22107-1_6

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