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ReviewEye (London, England)2025

Age-related macular degeneration: natural history revisited in geographic atrophy.

Eliza Broadbent, Sandrine H Künzel, Maximilian Pfau, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Monika Fleckenstein

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Review in Eye (London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Geographic atrophy: Understanding the relationship between structure and function.Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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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

5 authors.

Eliza BroadbentDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, 65 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, 84312, UT, USA.
Sandrine H KünzelDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Maximilian PfauInstitute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Steffen Schmitz-ValckenbergDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, 65 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, 84312, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3358-9942
Monika FleckensteinDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, 65 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, 84312, UT, USA. monika.fleckenstein@hsc.utah.edu.

Funding

University of Utah, Core Vision Research GrantP30EY014800 · NEI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Jun Yang · 2005 to 2026
$14.6M
The Impact of Non-Exudative Type 1 Macular Neovascularization (MNV) on Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) ProgressionR01EY033365 · NEI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Monika Fleckenstein · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Progression of Early Atrophic Lesions in Age-related Macular degenerationR01EY034965 · NEI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Monika Fleckenstein, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY014800NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033365NEI NIH HHS R01 EY034965U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) R01EY033365U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Eye Institute (NEI) R01EY034965
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progression of geographic atrophy varies significantly based on individual and lesion characteristics. Much research has strived to understand prognostic indicators of lesion progression over time, yet integrating findings to date may pose a challenge to clinicians. This review strives to synthesize current knowledge on genetic, behavioral, structural, and functional factors that influence geographic atrophy across the lifetime. Further, it highlights how vision-related quality of life allows for a more holistic appraisal of the impact of geographic atrophy on everyday functioning. The ultimate aim of this paper is to aid clinicians in counseling patients on medical management as well as providing accurate disease prognostication tailored to the individual patient.

Indexed as

Geographic AtrophyMacular DegenerationDisease ProgressionHumansPrognosisQuality of LifeTomography, Optical CoherenceVisual Acuity

Identifiers

PMID39472501
PMCPMC11751078

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