Lipofuscin- and melanin-related fundus autofluorescence visualize different retinal pigment epithelial alterations in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1349-1359

  Kellner, U ^a,b   Kellner, S ^a,b   Weber, B H F ^c   Fiebig, B ^c   Weinitz, S ^a   Ruether, K ^d  

^a Augen Zentrum Siegburg   (Germany)

^b RetinaScience   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fundus autofluorescence; Nearinfrared autofluorescence; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; MELANIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EXCITATION; FEMALE; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEAR INFRARED AUTOFLUORESCENCE; NEAR INFRARED FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650663974     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.280     Document Type: Article

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