macular degeneration

Japanese: macular degeneration(英語表記)maculardegeneration
macular degeneration

…Currently, the most effective treatment is photocoagulation, which can shorten the duration of the disease and prevent recurrence by coagulating and scarring the area of ​​fluorescent leakage. The above is the typical form of this disease, also known as the Masuda type in Japan, but there are other types such as exudative central retinopathy, which develops in women in their 20s and causes new blood vessels to form in the choroid, and a period of senile or hereditary macular degeneration, but all of these cause severe visual impairment and a poor prognosis. [Yoshiharu Kobayashi] …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "macular degeneration" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在最も有効な治療は光凝固(ひかりぎようこ)であり,蛍光漏出部を凝固・瘢痕(はんこん)化させることで罹病期間の短縮,再発防止が可能である。上記のものがこの病気の定型で,日本では〈増田型〉とも呼ばれるものであるが,類型として,20代の女子に発症し脈絡膜に新生血管ができる滲出性中心性網膜炎exudative central retinopathy,老人性または遺伝性黄斑変性macular degenerationの一時期などがあるが,いずれも視力障害が強く,予後不良である。【小林 義治】。…

※「macular degeneration」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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