Books 199

•Age-related macular degeneration [electronic resource]: status of research Author: National Eye Institute.; Year: 2001; [Bethesda, Md.]: The Institute, 1998

•Care of the patient with age-related macular degeneration: reference guide for clinicians Author: American Optometric Association. Consensus Panel on Care of the Patient with Age-Related Macular Degeneration.; Year: 2000; St. Louis, MO: American Optometric Association, c1994 (1996 printing)

•Guidance on the use of photodynamic therapy for age-related macular degeneration

Author: National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Great Britain).; Year: 1998; London: National Institute for Clinical Excellence, c2003; ISBN: 1842573799

•Macular degeneration Author: American Academy of Ophthalmology. Quality of Care Committee. Retina Panel.; Year: 1994; San Francisco, CA (P.O. Box 7424, San Francisco 94120-7424): The Academy, [1990]

•Modelling the long-term benefits of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Author: Smith, David H. (David Harold),; Year: 1982; York: University of York, Centre for Health Economics, 2002

•Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a clinical assessment Author: Husereau, Donald Robert.; Year: 2000; Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment, [2002]; ISBN: 1894620631

•Senile macular degeneration: January 1980 through October 1984: 112 citations

Author: Abrams, Estelle J.; Year: 1991; [Bethesda, Md.]: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, [1984]

•Some physiological considerations of hereditary macular degeneration. Author: Steinmetz, Rodney Dunlap,; Year: 2003; [Minneapolis, 1956?]

Chapters on Macular Degeneration

In order to find chapters that specifically relate to macular degeneration, an excellent source of abstracts is the Combined Health Information Database. You will need to limit your search to book chapters and macular degeneration using the “Detailed Search” option. Go to the following hyperlink: http://chid.nih.gov/detail/detail.html. To find book chapters, use the drop boxes at the bottom of the search page where “You may refine your search by.” Select the dates and language you prefer, and the format option “Book Chapter.” Type “macular degeneration” (or synonyms) into the “For these words:” box.