Characteristics of drusen and Bruch's membrane in post-mortem eyes with age-related macular degeneration;Charakteristika yon drusen und Veranderungen der bruch-membran in augen mit altersabhangiger makuladegeneration. Histologische studie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Spraul, Christoph W ^a,b,c   Lang, Gabriele E ^a   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^b   Lang, Gerhard K ^a  

^a Poliklinik Ulm

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Basal laminar deposit; Bruch's membrane; Drusen; Histology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL DRUSEN;

EID: 0031992240     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050240     Document Type: Article

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