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Abstract
Colloid or hyaline bodies lying beneath the retinal pigment epithelium. They may occur either secondary to changes in the choroid that affect the pigment epithelium or as an autosomal dominant disorder of the retinal pigment epithelium.
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- Drusen, Retinal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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colloid or hyalin bodies under retinal pigment; do not confuse with OPTIC DISK DRUSEN, hyalin bodies in optic nerve
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- Hyalin Substance (1966-1989)
- Macular Degeneration (1975-1989)
- Pigment Epithelium of Eye (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Retinal Drusen. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015593. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015593
- Retinal Drusen. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drusen
- Retinal Drusen. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140528