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| View Larger Image | The Aging Eye: New Therapies for Age Related Macular Degeneration | DVD-R
| List Price: | $29.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD-R | | Studio: | CustomFlix | | Number of Discs: | | | Release Date: | July 13, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 205,963th |
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Description
In the past two years, there have been rapid and dramatic improvements in the treatment of macular degeneration which is the leading cause of blindness in the United States in persons over age 65. In this lecture, Mark Blumenkranz, MD covers new advances in this disease that have changed our understanding and approach to it. Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University. He is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in the area of vitreoretinal surgery, with special interests in surgical adjuvant pharmacology and new microsurgical and laser techniques. Dr. Blumenkranz was instrumental in developing the successful laser vision correction program at Stanford and serves as a principal investigator on a number of clinical research trials at Stanford evaluating the effects of laser and pharmacologic agents on eye disease. |
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