Progress in the therapy of dry age-related macular degeneration
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-0160.2013.06.020
- VernacularTitle:干性年龄相关性黄斑变性的治疗进展
- Author:
Jing, WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Macula;
Age-related macular degeneration/dry;
Visual impairment;
Treatment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology
2013;(6):608-612
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can cause irreversible severe visual impairment.At present,a large number of basic and clinical research has documented several effective treatment for wet AMD.As for dry AMD,so far there is no effective therapy and preventive measure.Dry AMD probably worse for macular choroidal neovascularization (CNV) or geographic atrophy (GA) to its later stage,resulting in severe visual impairment.In recent years,some promising treatment strategies are emerging,mainly in the prevention of the damage of photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium,such as drug therapy,laser photocoagulation,surgery,plasma exchange,stem cell transplantation and gene therapy.These therapies are expected to be able to bring hope for arresting the development of dry AMD.This article reviews the current researches and possible future management of dry AMD.
