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Use a 7th Character to Identify the Macular Degeneration Stage

Published on Wed Aug 27, 2025

Question: I have a report for an ophthalmology visit with a 70-year-old patient who has age-related macular degeneration. The ophthalmologist performed optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the patient’s retinas in both eyes to evaluate the retinal fluid thickness. After reviewing the images and data, the physician diagnosed the patient with bilateral nonexudative age-related macular degeneration in the early dry stage. [...]
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