Study Links Later Birth With Lower 5-Year Incidence Of Early AMD

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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A new data analysis from the Beaver Dam Eye Study suggests that the lower 5-year incidence of early age-related macular degeneration in younger patients may be the product of previously unmeasured risk factors for the disease. In addition, improvements in health care and lifestyle do not seem to explain these differences.

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Which of the following is false regarding the development of diabetic retinopathy?
1. The earliest vascular abnormality is the loss of retinal capillary intramural pericytes.
2. Microaneurysm formation is the earliest clinical sign of diabetic retinopathy.
3. Microaneurysm formation typically occurs on the arteriolar side of the retinal vasculature.
4. Basement membrane thickening is
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