Can you live in a world of darkness?

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Can there be knowledge of the universe without light?

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What are the foundations of the preservation of health?

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What is the Macular Hole?

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How do we build an interpretation of reality?

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Does the macular hole lead to the loss of our sight?

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What does the human eye and the digital camera have in common?

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Can we drive with the macular hole?

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What is a blind spot in the macular hole?

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Can you have a macular hole in each eye?

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What does it mean that most macular holes are idopathic?

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Who are most affected by the macular hole and at what age?

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How is the aging process related to the macular hole?

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Is there an association between the macular hole and hypertension?

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What causes a macular hole?

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Can a trauma cause a macular hole?

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What was the cause of the first description of macular hole?

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How does the traumatism cause a macular hole?

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What is the relationship between vitreomacular traction syndrome and the macular hole?

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What is the relationship between cystoid macular edema and the macular hole?

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Does cystoid macular edema cause blindness?

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Why does retinal detachment happen?

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How is the epiretinal membrane formed?

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Why are the epiretinal membranes formed?

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What is Best’s disease?

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At what age does the illness of Best cause changes to the eye?

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Does the disease of Best pain and total blindness cause?

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How does Best’s disease affect vision?

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How does Best’s disease affect central vision?

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How does Best’s disease affect the body?

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Is there a relationship between Best’s disease and the macular hole?

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Is there a relationship between high degree myopia, accompanied by posterior staphyloma and the macular hole?

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Can a lightning strike cause a macular hole?

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Can hypertensive retinopathy cause macular hole?

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What does the ophthalmologic examination reveal in hypertensive retinopathy?

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What is proliferative diabetic retinopathy?

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What impairs vision in proliferative diabetic retinopathy?

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What are the signs of a macular hole?

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What is the most common sign of a macular hole?

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What is the speed at which a macular hole develops?

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What do people with a macular hole notice?

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How does the macular hole influence your reading ability?

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Is a macular hole the same as macular degeneration?

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What structures of the eye are affected in the macular hole and in macular degeneration?

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What do the macular hole and macular degeneration have in common?

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What determines your ability to recognize faces?

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What is the association between macular degeneration and the macula?

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What is the most common cause of sight loss?

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Which disease is more frequent, macular degeneration, Alzheimer’s or cancer?

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Is macular degeneration related to genetic factors?

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Is there anatomical damage in macular degeneration?

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What is the vision?

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What is the visual system?

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What is the objective of the visual system?

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What types of macular degeneration were described?

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What type of macular degeneration is the most frequent?

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Do you know what is the prevalence rate of wet macular degeneration?

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What are the similarities and the differences between the two types of macular degeneration?

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Who is the precursor of macular degeneration?

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What changes occur in the eyes in the aging process?

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What is arteriosclerosis?

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What role do the retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch’s membrane have in the eye?

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How does the retinal pigment epithelium protect the macula?

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How many types of drusen are there?

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What produces large drusen?

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What causes soft drusen?

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What type of macular degeneration is related to soft drusen?

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What is the composition of the drusen?

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At what stage of macular degeneration does atrophic degeneration appear?

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How many people with wet macular degeneration have atrophic degeneration?

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What process causes wet macular degeneration?

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Is the loss of vision in dry macular degeneration painful?

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What are the symptoms of dry macular degeneration?

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How is reading affected in dry macular degeneration?

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How is the process of vision loss in exudative macular degeneration?

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What is the prevalence of legal blindness in exudative macular degeneration?

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How much time does it take to lose your sight in wet macular degeneration?

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What is usually the first symptom in wet macular degeneration?

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How does macular degeneration affect surface color?

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How does wet macular degeneration affect the eyes?

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What causes sudden loss of vision in wet macular degeneration?

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What are the risk factors for macular degeneration?

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What is the main cause of vision loss in people over 60?

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What are other risk factors for macular degeneration?

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What facilitates the appearance of macular degeneration?

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What is the molecule of life?

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How is DNA transmitted?

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Who contains our genetic code and where is it located?

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What is a human gene and where is it?

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What is the human genome?

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Does genetics contribute to the development of macular degeneration?

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What are the most common genetic errors in macular degeneration?

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What happens when we have a mutant gene?

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What function do proteins have in our body?

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What is the relationship between the complement system and the immune system?

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Are there polymorphisms that affect the complement system in macular degeneration?

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How does the body respond when being attacked by a hostile agent?

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What is the body’s defensive response when it is attacked by a hostile agent?

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What is the body’s inflammatory response when it is attacked by a hostile agent?

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What is phagocytosis?

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How does cell lysis lead to the death of cells?

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What is apoptosis and how does it help us eliminate pathological cells?

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How do polymorphisms affect good cholesterol?

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How do polymorphisms affect cholesterol transport?

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What is the genetic risk of getting sick with macular degeneration?

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Does complement factor H have an influence in susceptibility to macular degeneration?

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What increases the probability to suffer from macular degeneration?

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What does genetics teach us about the complement factor H gene?

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Is complement factor H part of the immune system?

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Does complement factor H enhance the activity of the immune system?

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Does complement factor H activate the formation of drusen in macular degeneration?

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How important is complement factor H in macular degeneration?

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What is the genetic structure of human beings?

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What are genes responsible for in humans?

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How do we classify parents’ information?

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What genetic probabilities do we have of developing macular degeneration?

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What genetic risk factor is related to chromosome 10 in macular degeneration?

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Is it a risk factor to have a first degree relative affected by macular degeneration?

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Who should resort to ophthalmological advice?

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How does smoking affect macular degeneration?

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How does smoking tobacco affect macular degeneration?

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How does being an former smoker affect macular degeneration?

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How does smoking affect your eyes?

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What damage to the retina reflects macular degeneration?

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What are the consequences of smoking on the eye’s blood flow?

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How is the optical density of the macular pigment affected in smokers?

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What do vascular disease and macular degeneration share?

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What diseases predicts macular degeneration?

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Which hemodynamic abnormalities contribute to the development of macular degeneration?

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How is hypertension involved in the pathogenesis of macular degeneration?

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What causes the development of abnormal blood vessels in macular degeneration?

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What effect does antihypertensive medication have on macular degeneration?

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What effect does hypertension have on the development of macular degeneration?

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Is obesity a risk factor in the development of macular degeneration?

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What are the mechanisms that make obesity a risk factor in the development of macular degeneration?

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What is oxidative stress?

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How does the lipid profile affect the macula in an obese person?

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What are the mechanisms that make obesity a risk factor in the development of macular degeneration?

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What carotenoids do we find in the macula and retina?

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How does obesity affect the carotenoids of the macula?

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How do carotenoids protect the macula?

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What is chromatic aberration?

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Is there a relationship between obesity, carotenoids, and the risk of suffering macular degeneration?

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Is there a relationship between cataract surgery and the risk of suffering macular degeneration?

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Does cataract surgery increase the progression of macular degeneration?

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What are the epidemiological studies of cataract surgery and the progression of macular degeneration based on?

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How does a rich diet in omega-3 fatty acids influence macular degeneration?

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How does ethnicity influence the risk of developing macular degeneration?

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How is macular degeneration diagnosed?

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What is the #Amsler grid used for?

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What data does angiography provide us in macular degeneration?

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What is ultrasound based on?

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What is optical coherence tomography based on?

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What is the ophthalmologist looking for to diagnose macular degeneration?

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Are very small drusen an evidence of macular degeneration?

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What do we observe under the retina in macular degeneration?

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What do we observe with optical coherence tomography in macular degeneration?

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What is the relationship between current smokers, former smokers, β-carotene and risk of lung cancer?

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