Internal structure consistent with remodelling in very small drusen, revealed by filipin histochemistry for esterified cholesterol

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 698-702

  Rudolf, Martin ^a   Seckerdieck, Katja ^a   Grisanti, Salvatore ^a   Curcio, Christine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATION; MACULA; PATHOLOGY; RETINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; ESTERIFICATION; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; FILIPIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL DRUSEN; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84898786163     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304226     Document Type: Article

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