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ASA: Strokes, Eye Disorder May Go Hand in Hand (CME/CE)
LOS ANGELES (MedPage Today) -- Hemorrhagic stroke appears more likely with advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), perhaps because of common underlying risk factors, a population-based study showed.
Advanced macular degeneration is associated with an increased risk of bleeding stroke, study finds
In the first study to examine stroke subtypes in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), older people with late-stage AMD appear to be at increased risk of bleeding stroke, but not a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain. However the findings are preliminary and earlier stage AMD was not linked with any type of stroke.
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