Potential Sources and Roles of Adaptive Immunity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Shall We Rename AMD into Autoimmune Macular Disease?
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in the elderly throughout the industrialized world. Its most prominent pathologic features are lesions involving the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) the Bruch’s membrane, the degeneration of photoreceptors, and, in the most...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Autoimmune Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/532487 |