Masking Artefact Indicates that Photoreceptor Bleaching May Enhance Fundus Autofluorescence

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2017; 234(04): 536-537
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-122471

Der interessante Fall

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Eine Bleichung der Photorezeptoren durch den Masken-Effekt kann die Intensität der Fundus-Autofluoreszenz erhöhen

Authors

G. M. Somfai

¹Klinik Pallas, Olten, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Gerding)
D. C. DeBuc

²Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA (Director: Prof. Dr. Eduardo Alfonso)
H. Gerding

¹Klinik Pallas, Olten, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Gerding)

³Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Münster (Director: Prof. Dr. Nicole Eter)

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