"Wet Macular Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of RETINAL DEGENERATION in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.
| Descriptor ID |
D057135
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585.439.622
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| Concept/Terms |
Wet Macular Degeneration- Wet Macular Degeneration
- Degeneration, Wet Macular
- Degenerations, Wet Macular
- Macular Degeneration, Wet
- Macular Degenerations, Wet
- Wet Macular Degenerations
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wet Macular Degeneration" by people in Profiles.
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Seddon JM, De D, Rosner B. Quantifying Effects of Diet and Lifestyle Changes on Progression to Advanced Age Related Macular Degeneration in High Genetic Risk Individuals. Ophthalmology. 2026 03; 133(3):333-349.
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Choi H, Corradetti G, Lindenberg S, Karamat AN, Oncel D, Liu H, Gnanaraj R, Fasih-Ahmad S, Marion KM, Baker KL, Gulati S, Foster B, Lam A, Sadda SR, Lally DR. Incomplete RPE and Outer Retinal Atrophy (iRORA) Development in Eyes With Fellow-eye Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2025 05; 56(5):274-279.
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Huther A, Roh S, Ramsey DJ. Telehealth improves follow-up and monitoring of age-related macular degeneration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int Ophthalmol. 2023 Dec; 43(12):5031-5043.
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Akkan Aydogmus FS, Onwuka O, Saddemi J, Lasalle CC, Ramsey DJ. Second eyes to develop neovascular age-related macular degeneration have fewer symptoms and better one-year visual outcomes. BMC Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul 07; 23(1):303.
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Lally DR, Loewenstein A, Arnold JJ, Yang YC, Gedif K, Best C, Patel H, Tadayoni R, Heier JS. Efficacy and safety of brolucizumab versus aflibercept in eyes with early persistent retinal fluid: 96-week outcomes from the HAWK and HARRIER studies. Eye (Lond). 2023 04; 37(6):1242-1248.
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Enr?quez AB, Baumal CR, Crane AM, Witkin AJ, Lally DR, Liang MC, Enr?quez JR, Eichenbaum DA. Early Experience With Brolucizumab Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 Apr 01; 139(4):441-448.
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Soares RR, Mellen P, Garrigan H, Obeid A, Wibbelsman TD, Borkar D, Ho AC, Hsu J. Outcomes of Eyes Lost to Follow-up with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Receiving Intravitreal Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor. Ophthalmol Retina. 2020 02; 4(2):134-140.
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Merle BMJ, Silver RE, Rosner B, Seddon JM. Associations Between Vitamin D Intake and Progression to Incident Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 09 01; 58(11):4569-4578.
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Ferrara D, Silver RE, Louzada RN, Novais EA, Collins GK, Seddon JM. Optical Coherence Tomography Features Preceding the Onset of Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 07 01; 58(9):3519-3529.
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Fassbender JM, Sherman MP, Barr CC, Schaal S. TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR FOR SUBFOVEAL HEMORRHAGE DUE TO AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION: Comparison of 3 Treatment Modalities. Retina. 2016 Oct; 36(10):1860-5.