Changes of fundus autofluorescence, photoreceptor inner and outer segment junction line, and visual function in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-604

  Aizawa, Sayaka ^a   Mitamura, Yoshinori ^a,b   Hagiwara, Akira ^a   Sugawara, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto, Shuichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal photoreceptor cell outer segment; Retinitis pigmentosa; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL INNER SEGMENT; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

LIPOFUSCIN;

EID: 77955404485     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02321.x     Document Type: Article

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