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Age and disease-related structural changes in the retinal pigment epithelium
As the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) ages, a number of structural changes occur, including loss of melanin granules, increase in the density of residual bodies, accumulation of lipofuscin, accumulation of basal deposits on or within Bruch’s membrane, formation of drusen (between the basal lamina...
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Dove Medical Press
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668732 |