title: Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium inhibits drusen formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. jarroyo@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Jorge G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Arroyo
authors.forename: Deisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bula
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000151:congenital; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000151:congenital; D015593:Retinal Drusen / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence