Prevalence and morphology of druse types in the macula and periphery of eyes with age-related maculopathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1200-1209

  Rudolf, Martin ^a   Clark, Mark E ^a   Chimento, Melissa F ^a   Li, Chuan Ming ^a   Medeiros, Nancy E ^b   Curcio, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Retina Specialists of North Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DRUSEN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41949092443     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1466     Document Type: Article

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