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Comment
. 2002 Nov 12;99(23):14619-21.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.242607899. Epub 2002 Nov 5.

New insights and new approaches toward the study of age-related macular degeneration

Dean Bok  1
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New insights and new approaches toward the study of age-related macular degeneration

Dean Bok. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Histological sections of normal (a) and AMD (b) retina and choroid at the level of the choriocapillaris (CH), retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and photoreceptor (P) cells. In the normal retina, the photoreceptor cells are highly organized, and their light-sensitive outer segments (white arrows) are in close contact with the RPE. Brüch's membrane, a thin layer of extracellular matrix between the RPE and choriocapillaris (dark arrows), is barely visible at this magnification. The AMD photoreceptors are highly disorganized because of the presence of drusen (D), which also distorts the retinal pigment epithelium and Brüch's membrane.
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