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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Neovascular Macular Degeneration: A Review of Etiology, Risk Factors, and Recent Advances in Research and Therapy.

Arunbalaji Pugazhendhi, Margaret Hubbell, Pooja Jairam, Balamurali Ambati

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Targeted Fluorescence Imaging of Bevacizumab-800CW in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2026
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  16. Automated measurement of macular neovascularization lesion size in nAMD using AI segmentation.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arunbalaji PugazhendhiKnights Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Margaret HubbellKnights Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
Pooja JairamVagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Balamurali AmbatiKnights Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
University of Oregon · USColumbia University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (exudative or wet AMD) is a prevalent, progressive retinal degenerative macular disease that is characterized by neovascularization of the choroid, mainly affecting the elderly population causing gradual vision impairment. Risk factors such as age, race, genetics, iris color, smoking, drinking, BMI, and diet all play a part in nvAMD's progression, with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy being the mainstay of treatment. Current therapeutic advancements slow the progression of the disease but do not cure or reverse its course. Newer therapies such as gene therapies, Rho-kinase inhibitors, and levodopa offer potential new targets for treatment.

Indexed as

Disease SusceptibilityAnimalsBiomarkersClinical Trials as TopicDisease ManagementHumansInflammasomesMacular DegenerationMolecular Targeted TherapyNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPrevalenceRetinal NeovascularizationRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeBiomarkersInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Proteinage-related macular degenerationanti-VEGFetiopathogenesisfuture advancementsgene-therapyneovascular age-related macular degenerationrisk factors

Identifiers

PMID33504013
PMCPMC7866170
OpenAlexW3123701742

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