Smoking and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Review and Update

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the main socioeconomical health issues worldwide. AMD has a multifactorial etiology with a variety of risk factors. Smoking is the most important modifiable risk factor for AMD development and progression. The present review summarizes the epidemiolog...

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Autores principales: Velilla, Sara, García-Medina, José Javier, García-Layana, Alfredo, Dolz-Marco, Rosa, Pons-Vázquez, Sheila, Pinazo-Durán, M. Dolores, Gómez-Ulla, Francisco, Arévalo, J. Fernando, Díaz-Llopis, Manuel, Gallego-Pinazo, Roberto
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24368940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/895147
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author Velilla, Sara
García-Medina, José Javier
García-Layana, Alfredo
Dolz-Marco, Rosa
Pons-Vázquez, Sheila
Pinazo-Durán, M. Dolores
Gómez-Ulla, Francisco
Arévalo, J. Fernando
Díaz-Llopis, Manuel
Gallego-Pinazo, Roberto
author_facet Velilla, Sara
García-Medina, José Javier
García-Layana, Alfredo
Dolz-Marco, Rosa
Pons-Vázquez, Sheila
Pinazo-Durán, M. Dolores
Gómez-Ulla, Francisco
Arévalo, J. Fernando
Díaz-Llopis, Manuel
Gallego-Pinazo, Roberto
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description Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the main socioeconomical health issues worldwide. AMD has a multifactorial etiology with a variety of risk factors. Smoking is the most important modifiable risk factor for AMD development and progression. The present review summarizes the epidemiological studies evaluating the association between smoking and AMD, the mechanisms through which smoking induces damage to the chorioretinal tissues, and the relevance of advising patients to quit smoking for their visual health.
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spelling pubmed-38667122013-12-24 Smoking and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Review and Update Velilla, Sara García-Medina, José Javier García-Layana, Alfredo Dolz-Marco, Rosa Pons-Vázquez, Sheila Pinazo-Durán, M. Dolores Gómez-Ulla, Francisco Arévalo, J. Fernando Díaz-Llopis, Manuel Gallego-Pinazo, Roberto J Ophthalmol Review Article Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the main socioeconomical health issues worldwide. AMD has a multifactorial etiology with a variety of risk factors. Smoking is the most important modifiable risk factor for AMD development and progression. The present review summarizes the epidemiological studies evaluating the association between smoking and AMD, the mechanisms through which smoking induces damage to the chorioretinal tissues, and the relevance of advising patients to quit smoking for their visual health. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3866712/ /pubmed/24368940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/895147 Text en Copyright © 2013 Sara Velilla et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gómez-Ulla, Francisco
Arévalo, J. Fernando
Díaz-Llopis, Manuel
Gallego-Pinazo, Roberto
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