{"title":"Charles Bonnet syndrome in age-related macular degeneration – prevalence and clinical features in a Portuguese population","authors":"Mariana Portela, P. Arede, Maria Picoto, F. Vaz","doi":"10.37039/1982.8551.20230040","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most prevalent cause of irreversible visual loss in the developed world. In late stages, it may lead to extremely low visual acuities, especially when associated with geographic atrophy or choroidal neovascularization. According to recent literature, Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) may be a rather common feature of late AMD. Methods: One hundred patients with late-stage age-related macular degeneration were actively asked whether they had symptoms of Charles Bonnet syndrome. Those that answered","PeriodicalId":49619,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira De Oftalmologia","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Revista Brasileira De Oftalmologia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.37039/1982.8551.20230040","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objective: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most prevalent cause of irreversible visual loss in the developed world. In late stages, it may lead to extremely low visual acuities, especially when associated with geographic atrophy or choroidal neovascularization. According to recent literature, Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) may be a rather common feature of late AMD. Methods: One hundred patients with late-stage age-related macular degeneration were actively asked whether they had symptoms of Charles Bonnet syndrome. Those that answered
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A Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (Rev Bras Oftalmol.) - ISSN 0034-7280, publicação científica da Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia, se propõe a divulgar artigos que contribuam para o aperfeiçoamento e o desenvolvimento da prática, da pesquisa e do ensino da Oftalmologia e de especialidades afins. Todos os manuscritos, após aprovação pelos Editores serão avaliados por dois ou três revisores qualificados (peer review), sendo o anonimato garantido em todo o processo de julgamento.