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by Daniel L. Roberts, 330 pp, with illus, $15.95, ISBN 1-56924-286-0, New York, NY, Marlowe & Co, 2006.

Marshall Flax, MS, Reviewer

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(6):858-859.

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For patients experiencing recent onset of vision loss from macular degeneration, there are usually more questions than answers. When there are answers, usually they are not what the patient wants to hear and frequently lead to more questions.

For the physician seeking to provide optimal care for untreatable age-related macular degeneration (AMD), information and compassion are among the best tools. In an ideal world, the physician would be able to sit and answer all the questions that a patient has. When that is not possible, physicians and patients may turn to literature the field has to offer.

Since 1999, the best resource for consumers with AMD who wanted to learn about the disease and what can and cannot be done about it have turned to Macular Degeneration: The Complete Guide to Saving and Maximizing Your Sight by ophthalmologist Lylas Mogk, MD, and her daughter Marja Mogk, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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