Reticular Pseudodrusen Are Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Zweifel, Sandrine A ^a,b   Spaide, Richard F ^b   Curcio, Christine A ^c   Malek, Goldis ^d   Imamura, Yutaka ^a,b  

^a EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BLUE LIGHT; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CASE STUDY; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUSEN; EYE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR PSEUDODRUSEN; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; THEORY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75449109809     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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