Dynamic soft drusen remodelling in age-related macular degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1618-1623

  Smith, R Theodore ^a   Sohrab, Mahsa A ^a   Pumariega, Nicole ^a,b   Chen, Yue ^a   Chen, Jian ^b,c   Lee, Noah ^b   Laine, Andrew ^b  

^a Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUSEN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DRUSEN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649862381     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.166843     Document Type: Article

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