Esterified and unesterified cholesterol in drusen and basal deposits of eyes with age-related maculopathy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 731-741

  Curcio, Christine A ^a   Presley, J Brett ^a   Malek, Goldis ^a,d   Medeiros, Nancy E ^b   Avery, Dina V ^a   Kruth, Howard S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Retina Specialists of North Alabama   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related maculopathy; Basal deposits; Bruch's membrane; Cholesterol; Drusen; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; FILIPIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEATH; DRUSEN; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; STAINING; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; FILIPIN; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DRUSEN; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 28444468904     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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