**Meet the editor**

Dr. Lo Giudice is an Assistant professor of Ophthalmology at San Antonio Hospital in Padua (Italy),since 2007. He has more than 15 years of research experience in Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), in clinical trials and laboratory research, including genetic therapy for AMD, and development of new diagnostic tools for retinal degenerative disease. He collaborates with ophthalmolo-

gists and has authored or co-authored more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Lo Giudice received a MD from University of Messina (Italy) and MD in Ophthalmology from University of Padua in Italy.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Jane Khan

**Section 1 Epidemiology and Risk Factors 1**

Maria E. Marin-Castaño

**Diagnosis 103**

**Degeneration 133** Simona-Delia Ţălu

Petr Kolar

Chapter 1 **AMD: Epidemiology and Risk Factors 3**

**Related Macular Degeneration 39**

Chapter 3 **Classification and Clinical Features of AMD 105**

**Section 3 New Trend in the Management of AMD 161**

Chapter 2 **Cigarette Smoking and Hypertension Two Risk Factors for Age-**

**Section 2 Classification, Clinical Features and New Advance in OCT**

Chapter 4 **New Insights into the Optical Coherence Tomography –**

**Assessement and Follow-Up of Age-Related Macular**

Chapter 5 **Anti VEGF Agents for Age Related Macular Degeneration 163** Shani Golan, Michaella Goldstein and Anat Loewenstein
