Yukiko Sato, Naoko Ueda-Arakawa, Ayako Takahashi, Yasunori Miyara, Chikako Hara, Yoko Kitajima, Ruka Maruko, Moeko Kawai, Hajime Takahashi, Hideki Koizumi, Ryo Kawasaki, Maiko Maruyama-Inoue, Yasuo Yanagi, Tomohiro Iida, Kanji Takahashi, Taiji Sakamoto, Akitaka Tsujikawa
PURPOSE: To elucidate the clinical characteristics and progression rate of geographic atrophy (GA) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Japanese population. DESIGN: Retrospective, multicenter, observational study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 173 eyes from 173 patients from six university hospitals in Japan were included. Of 173 study eyes, 101 eyes from 101 patients were included in the follow-up group. All patients were Japanese, aged ≥ 50 years, and had definite GA associated with AMD in at least one eye...
June 9, 2023: Ophthalmology Retina