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macular degeneration

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srf
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04/16/06 - 08:01 PM

Which one of the following is a common initial symptom of age-related (senile) macular degeneration?

Distortion in the central visual field with decreased visual acuity

Decreased peripheral vision

Sudden painless loss of vision

Severe ocular pain and photophobia

Severe ocular pain associated with a marked decrease in visual acuity

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04/16/06 - 08:11 PM

Distortion in the central visual field with decreased visual acuity

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04/17/06 - 12:00 PM

Distortion in the central visual field with decreased visual acuity

srf
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04/17/06 - 04:04 PM

CORRECT

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05/01/06 - 01:05 PM

No. 1 cause of age-related defect of eyesight in North America !

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05/01/06 - 01:06 PM

Eye---emergency of eye disease----> closed angle glaucoma

(I read that somewhere nowadays, the intraocular pressure is not reliable, you can have normal intraocular pressure and still have glaucoma ???)

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