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VI. International Symposium on AMD – Age-Related Macular Degeneration – Emerging Concepts – Exploring known and Identifying new Pathways

11. - 12.09.2015, Baden-Baden

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Neuronal dysfunction in diabetic retinal disease; implications for AMD

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  • Sobha Sivaprasad - London

VI. International Symposium on AMD – Age-Related Macular Degeneration – Emerging Concepts – Exploring known and Identifying new Pathways. Baden-Baden, 11.-12.09.2015. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2015. Doc15amd25

doi: 10.3205/15amd25, urn:nbn:de:0183-15amd256

Veröffentlicht: 1. Oktober 2015

© 2015 Sivaprasad.
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a presumed inner retinal disease as the visible early vascular changes are observed in the retinal blood vessels. However, as in AMD, impaired dark adaptation is an early change before any visible recognised vascular changes. Therefore, the the rod system may be the primary culprit in both AMD and DR.