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Ghost vessels in the eye: Cell free choriocapillaris domains in atrophic age-related macular degeneration.
Experimental eye research - 1 Nov 2024
Mullins Robert F, Flamme-Wiese Miles J, Navratil Emma M, Boese Erin A, Varzavand Katayoun, Riker Megan J, Wang Kai, Stone Edwin M, Tucker Budd A
Abstract excerpt
The choriocapillaris is a dense vascular bed in the inner choroid that supplies the photoreceptor cells and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). While loss of choriocapillaris density has been described in association with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), whether these changes are primary or secondary to RPE degenerative changes in AMD has been debated. In this study we characterized choriocapillaris loss by...
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