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wet AMD

British  

noun

  1. a form of age-related macular degeneration in which blood vessels grow abnormally under the macula lutea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One of those is Andy Allen, 69, from Chelmsford, who has wet AMD, which causes vision to deteriorate.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024

Aging causes inflammation and hypoxia in the eye that leads to changes in gene expression associated with the cellular effects and symptoms of wet AMD.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

Lucentis was first approved for wet AMD in the United States in 2006.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2021

But with 20,000 people diagnosed with wet AMD every year in Britain, the bill is high.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2011

A study of more than 300 people with dry AMD published in last week's American Journal of Ophthalmology showed that those who were taking statins were half as likely to develop wet AMD.

From Time Magazine Archive

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