An international classification and grading system for age-related maculopathy and age-related macular degeneration
AC Bird, NM Bressler, SB Bressler, IH Chisholm… - Survey of …, 1995 - Elsevier
A common detection and classification system is needed for epidemiologic studies of age-
related maculopathy (ARM). Such a grading scheme for ARM is described in this paper.
ARM is defined as a degenerative disorder in persons≥ 50 years of age characterized on
grading of color fundus transparencies by the presence of the following abnormalities in the
macular area: soft drusen≥ 63μm, hyperpigmentation and/or hypopigmentation of the
retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), RPE and associated neurosensory detachment,(peri) …
related maculopathy (ARM). Such a grading scheme for ARM is described in this paper.
ARM is defined as a degenerative disorder in persons≥ 50 years of age characterized on
grading of color fundus transparencies by the presence of the following abnormalities in the
macular area: soft drusen≥ 63μm, hyperpigmentation and/or hypopigmentation of the
retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), RPE and associated neurosensory detachment,(peri) …