Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6199350 | Ophthalmology | 2015 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Competing risk factors and concomitant conditions are important in determining mortality risk resulting from AMD. Individuals with early AMD are not more likely to die than peers of comparable age. Late AMD becomes a predictor of mortality by the mid-octogenarian years.
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Authors
Diana E. MA, Fridbert MD, Gudny MSc, Sigurdur MSc, Ronald MD, MPH, Lenore J. PhD, Vilmundur MD, PhD, Mary Frances PhD,