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Lack of fundus autofluorescence to 488 nanometers from childhood on in patients with early-onset severe retinal dystrophy associated with mutations in RPE65.
Ophthalmology - 1 Aug 2004
Lorenz Birgit, Wabbels Bettina, Wegscheider Erika, Hamel Christian P, Drexler Wolfgang, Preising Markus N
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PURPOSE: Fundus autofluorescence is due to accumulation of lipofuscin in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) resulting from incomplete digestion of N-retinylidene-phosphatidyl-ethanolamine from shed photoreceptor outer segment discs. Alteration in autofluorescence reflects changes in lipofuscin...
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