A hyporeflective space between hyperreflective materials in pigment epithelial detachment and Bruch's membrane in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mukai, Ryo ^a   Sato, Taku ^a   Kishi, Shoji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Bruch's membrane; Optical coherence tomography; Pigment epithelial detachment

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRUCH MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCH MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84964312445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-159     Document Type: Article

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