 Geographic Atrophy
"Geographic Atrophy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of MACULAR DEGENERATION also known as dry macular degeneration marked by occurrence of a well-defined progressive lesion or atrophy in the central part of the RETINA called the MACULA LUTEA. It is distinguishable from WET MACULAR DEGENERATION in that the latter involves neovascular exudates.
| Descriptor ID |
D057092
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585.439.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Geographic Atrophy- Geographic Atrophy
- Atrophies, Geographic
- Atrophy, Geographic
- Geographic Atrophies
- Dry Macular Degeneration
- Degeneration, Dry Macular
- Degenerations, Dry Macular
- Dry Macular Degenerations
- Macular Degeneration, Dry
- Macular Degenerations, Dry
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Geographic Atrophy" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Geographic Atrophy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geographic Atrophy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Bora PS. New Discoveries in Retinal Cell Degeneration and Retinal Diseases. Biomolecules. 2023 07 14; 13(7).
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Sharma A, Wu L, Bloom S, Stanga P, Sallam A, Villa-Pi?eros J, Rodr?guez FJ, Draca N, Lazic R, Rezaei KA. RWC Update: Segmental Scleral Buckling; Complement Inhibition in Geographic Atrophy; Tattoo-Induced Uveitis. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2023 07; 54(7):380-383.
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Nadeem U, Xie B, Xie EF, D'Souza M, Dao D, Sulakhe D, Skondra D. Using Advanced Bioinformatics Tools to Identify Novel Therapeutic Candidates for Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 08 01; 11(8):10.
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Lyzogubov VV, Bora PS, Wu X, Horn LE, de Roque R, Rudolf XV, Atkinson JP, Bora NS. The Complement Regulatory Protein CD46 Deficient Mouse Spontaneously Develops Dry-Type Age-Related Macular Degeneration-Like Phenotype. Am J Pathol. 2016 08; 186(8):2088-2104.
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