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Macular Degeneration - Coggle Diagram
Macular Degeneration
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imbalance between the production of damaged cellular components and degradation leads to the accumulation of harmful products, e.g. intracellular lipofuscin and extracellular drusen
atrophy of the RPE and/or development of new blood vessels (neovascularization) result in the death of photoreceptors and central vision loss.
disturbed sensory perception related to macular degeneration evidenced by distortion of central vision
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Definition
Causes loss in centre of the field,centre of retina deteriorates