[CITATION][C] The ultrastructure of drusen

TG Farkas, V Sylvester, D Archer - American journal of ophthalmology, 1971 - Elsevier
TG Farkas, V Sylvester, D Archer
American journal of ophthalmology, 1971Elsevier
The Ultrastructure of Drusen Page 1 THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF DRUSEN TIBOR G.
FARRAS, MD, VIRGINIA SYLVESTER, BA, AND DESMONDARCHER , FRCS Chicago, Illinois
Drusen of Bruch's membrane were first fully described by Donders1 in 1854. Since then
numerous theories have evolved concerning the origin of these structures ; however, only three
theories have survived the passage of time. Donders believed the pigment epithelium to be
directly converted into drusen material and on this basis postulated the transformation theory …
MATERIALS AND METHODS In this investigation, we studied the eyes removed from five patients with intraocular neoplasms; in each eye, drusen had been ob-
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