Investigators advised clinicians of the potential for dystrophies that mimic age-related macular degeneration and other ...

A new study found that the Mediterranean diet may lower risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Macular degeneration ...

and drusen or protein clumps develop. An individual affected by dry AMD will gradually lose their central vision. Wet age-related macular degeneration is the less common type of macular degeneration.

The macula is the central area of the retina, which provides the most detailed central vision. In the dry (nonexudative) form, cellular debris called drusen accumulate between the retina and the ...

Retinal arterial obstruction in children and ... The pattern visual evoked potential and pattern electroretinogram in drusen-associated optic neuropathy. Arch Ophthalmol 1992;110:75–81.

This can be caused by multiple factors, including retinal cell atrophy and an accumulation of small yellow protein deposits, called drusen. Losing central vision can make it more difficult to ...