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Long-term characteristics of exudative age-related macular degeneration in Japanese patients

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  • Masaaki Saito
  • Tomohiro Iida
  • Kuniharu Saito
  • Mariko Kano
  • Kanako Itagaki
  • Ichiro Maruko
  • Tetsuju Sekiryu

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Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Japanese patients over a 10-year period and to compare the past our report. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 1,600 treatment-naïve patients (1,777 eyes) with exudative AMD. The 10 years were divided into 2-year phases I to V. Results: Of the 1,600 patients, 720 (45.0%), 733 (45.8%), 98 (6.1%), and 49 (3.1%) were diagnosed with typical AMD, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), retinal angiomatous proliferation, and combined subtypes, respectively. The prevalence of PCV decreased from 54.7% in phase I to 46.0% at phase V. Of the 1,777 eyes, the mean baseline logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution best-corrected visual acuities (BCVAs) in phases I, II, III, IV, and V were 0.70, 0.66, 0.55, 0.50, and 0.48, respectively. Phases III, IV, and V had significantly (P = 0.0012, P

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  • Masaaki Saito & Tomohiro Iida & Kuniharu Saito & Mariko Kano & Kanako Itagaki & Ichiro Maruko & Tetsuju Sekiryu, 2021. "Long-term characteristics of exudative age-related macular degeneration in Japanese patients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(12), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0261320
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261320
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