Pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 291-306

  Young, Richard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruch's membrane; choriocapillaris; macular degeneration; pigment epithelium; retina; senescence; visual cells

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUSEN; ETIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGING; ATROPHY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHOROID; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0023224438     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6257(87)90115-9     Document Type: Review

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