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I've been told that macular degeneration is a window to the general state of a person's blood vessels in that if a person has md then they are likely to have other blood vessel damage. is this true?
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No: Macular degeneration has a number of risk factors associated with it, but most of these are also common in older people.
Answered 10/25/2014
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