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- About macular disease
- What is the macula?
- Macular conditions
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Dry age-related macular degeneration
- Wet age-related macular degeneration
- Early AMD
- Retinal vein occlusion (RVO)
- Macular hole
- Myopic macular degeneration
- Stargardt disease
- Bestrophinopathies
- Cone dystrophy
- Doyne honeycomb dystrophy
- Sorsby fundus dystrophy
- Pattern dystrophy
- Bull’s eye maculopathy
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)
- Macular oedema
- Central serous retinopathy
- Punctate inner choroidopathy
- Charles Bonnet syndrome
- Diagnosis and treatment
- How is macular disease diagnosed?
- What to do after diagnosis
- Treatments
- Navigating the healthcare system
- Support for you
- Advice and Information
- Local support groups
- Aberdeen Macular Society Support Group
- Abergele Macular Society Support Group
- Aberystwyth Macular Society Support Group
- Abingdon Macular Society Support Group
- Accrington Macular Society Support Group
- Airedale Macular Society Support group
- Alnwick Macular Society Support Group
- Altrincham Macular Society Support Group
- Amersham Macular Society Support Group
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- Andover Macular Society VIP Support Group
- Antrim Macular Society Support Group
- Arbroath Macular Society Support Group
- Arundel Macular Society Support Group
- Axminster Macular Society Support Group
- Aylesbury Macular Society Support Group
- Ayr & District Macular Society Support Group
- Backwell & Nailsea Macular Society Support Group
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- Banstead Macular Society Support Group
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- Barnt Green Macular Society Support Group
- Barrow-in-Furness Macular Society Support Group
- Basingstoke Macular Society Support Group
- Bath Macular Society Support Group
- Bathgate Macular Society Support Group
- Bearsden Macular Society Support Group
- Bedford Macular Society Support Group
- Belfast Macular Society Support Group
- Belfast Macular Society Wayp Support Group
- Berwick-Upon-Tweed Macular Society Support Group
- Bexley Macular Society Support Group
- Bideford & Torridge Macular Society Support Group
- Bilbrook Macular Society Support Group
- Birmingham Wayp Macular Society Support Group
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- Buckinghamshire Macular Society Telephone Support Group
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- Burnley Macular Society Support Group
- Burton Joyce Macular Society Support Group
- Bury (Lancs) Macular Society Support Group
- Bury Macular Society Support Group (Ramsey Club)
- Buxton and Beyond Macular Society Support Group
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- Chesterfield Macular Society Support Group
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- Chipping Macular Society Sodbury Support Group
- Chorley Macular Society Support Group
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- Christchurch Macular Society Support Group
- Church Stretton Macular Society Support Group
- Colchester (N.E. Essex) Macular Society Support Group
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- Dorchester Macular Society Support Group
- Dorking Macular Society Support Group
- Downpatrick Macular Society Support Group
- Dudley Macular Society Support Group
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- Dundee Macular Society Support Group
- Dunfermline Macular Society Support Group
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- East Grinstead Macular Society Support Group
- East Midlands WAYP Macular Society Support Group
- Eastbourne Macular Society Support Group
- Edinburgh & S.E. Scotland Macular Society Support Group
- Edinburgh Morningside Macular Society Support Group
- Edinburgh Portobello Macular Society Support Group
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- Exeter Macular Society Support Group
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- What benefits are you entitled to?
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- Switching off genes that cause inherited macular disease
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- Inherited macular disease - should I know my gene?
- Faricimab - a new treatment for wet AMD and DMO
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