Clinicopathologic correlation of drusen and retinal pigment epithelial abnormalities in age-related macular degeneration

Retina

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 130-142

  Bressler, Neil M ^a   Silva, Juan C ^a   Bressler, Susan B ^a   Fine, Stuart L ^b   Green, W Richard ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Basal laminar deposits; Basal linear deposits; Clinicopathologic correlation; Diffuse drusen; Drusen; Pigment mottling; Retinal pigment epithelium; Soft drusen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; DRUSEN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DRUSEN;

EID: 0028233212     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199414020-00006     Document Type: Article

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