Age, lipofuscin and melanin oxidation affect fundus near-infrared autofluorescence
Background: Fundus autofluorescence is a non-invasive imaging technique in ophthalmology. Conventionally, short-wavelength autofluorescence (SW-AF) is used for detection of lipofuscin, a byproduct of the visual cycle which accumulates with age or disease in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Furt...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-10-01
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| Series: | EBioMedicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235239641930636X |