TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic Criteria for Atrophic Age-related Macular Degeneration
AU - Takahashi, Kanji
AU - Shiraga, Fumio
AU - Ishida, Susumu
AU - Kamei, Motohiro
AU - Yanagi, Yasuo
AU - Yoshimura, Nagahisa
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - Diagnostic criteria for dry age-related macular degeneration is described. Criteria include visual acuity, fundscopic findings, diagnostic image findings, exclusion criteria and classification of severity grades. Essential findings to make diagnosis as "geographic atrophy" are, 1) at least 250 μm in diameter, 2) round/oval/cluster-like or geographic in shape, 3) sharp delineation, 4) hypopigmentation or depigmentation in retinal pigment epithelium, 5) choroidal vessels are more visible than in surrounding area. Severity grades were classified as mild, medium and severe by relation of geographic atrophy to the fovea and attendant findings.
AB - Diagnostic criteria for dry age-related macular degeneration is described. Criteria include visual acuity, fundscopic findings, diagnostic image findings, exclusion criteria and classification of severity grades. Essential findings to make diagnosis as "geographic atrophy" are, 1) at least 250 μm in diameter, 2) round/oval/cluster-like or geographic in shape, 3) sharp delineation, 4) hypopigmentation or depigmentation in retinal pigment epithelium, 5) choroidal vessels are more visible than in surrounding area. Severity grades were classified as mild, medium and severe by relation of geographic atrophy to the fovea and attendant findings.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 26571627
AN - SCOPUS:84952715776
SN - 0029-0203
VL - 119
SP - 671
EP - 677
JO - Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi
JF - Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi
IS - 10
ER -