Aldursbundin hrörnun í augnbotnum : yfirlitsgrein

• Main Authors: Guðleif Helgadóttir, Friðbert Jónasson, Haraldur Sigurðsson, Kristinn P. Magnússon, Einar Stefánsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Læknafélag Íslands, Læknafélag Reykjavíkur 2006
• Subjects: Augnsjúkdómar; Blinda; Augnbotnar; Augnlækningar; Fræðigreinar; LBL12; Aging; Iceland/epidemiology; Macular Degeneration; Risk Factors; Blindness; Smella; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/7591

Hægt er að lesa greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the main reason for blindness today in the western hemisphere. According to Björn Olafsson, who was the first ophthalmologist in Iceland a century ago, this disease was not found i...