| Physicians find
clues to vision deterioration
Age-related
macular degeneration, a disabling eye disease, may stem from an
overeager immune response to mild retinal cell injury or from poor blood
flow to the retina.
References:
1999. 15th
Biennial National Writers Seminar in Eye Research. September 26–29.
University City, Calif.
Further Readings:
Ferris, F.L. 1983.
Senile macular degeneration. Review of epidemiologic features. American
Journal of Epidemiology 118:132.
Tso, M.O. 1985.
Pathogenetic factors of aging macular degeneration. Ophthalmology 92:628.
Sources:
Scott W. Cousins
University of Miami
School of Medicine
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Coral Gables, Florida 33124
Juan E. Grunwald
University of Pennsylvania
Vivian S. Lasko Oculovascular Research Center
Scheie Eye Institute
Philadelphia, PA 19104
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 14, October 2, 1999, p. 215. Copyright © 1999,
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