Morphologic changes in age-related maculopathy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-122

  Kliffen, Mike ^a   Van Der Schaft, Theo L ^b   Mooy, Cornelia M ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,c,d,e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Academié Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; AMD; ARM; basal laminar deposit; drusen

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; DISEASE CONTROL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AGE-RELATED; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGE-RELATED MACULOPATHY; BASAL LAMINAR DEPOSIT; BIOCHEMICAL DATA; BRUCH'S MEMBRANE; DRUSEN; MACULOPATHY; MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES;

DEPOSITS;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; DRUSEN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030897724     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970115)36:2<106::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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