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Eye Diseases > Eye Diseases, Hereditary > Retinal Degeneration > Retinal Drusen
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Eye Diseases, Hereditary > Retinal Degeneration > Retinal Drusen
Eye Diseases > Retinal Diseases > Retinal Degeneration > Retinal Drusen

Preferred term

Retinal Drusen  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Drusen, Retinal

Note

  • colloid or hyalin bodies under retinal pigment; do not confuse with OPTIC DISK DRUSEN, hyalin bodies in optic nerve

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015593

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