Retinal drusen: harbingers of age, safe havens for trouble

M. A. Williams; D. Craig; P. Passmore; G. Silvestri

doi:10.1093/ageing/afp136

Retinal drusen: harbingers of age, safe havens for trouble

M. A. Williams
, D. Craig
, P. Passmore
, G. Silvestri

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

Drusen are small focal extracellular deposits underneath the retina, visible ophthalmoscopically as yellow dots. The more hard drusen there are, the greater the risk of developing soft drusen and retinal pigmentary changes, which in turn increase the risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration. Much remains to be discovered about drusen. For the patient with drusen, basic advice on diet and smoking and maintenance of a high level of vigilance for visual changes is appropriate management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	648-654
Number of pages	8
Journal	Age and Ageing
Volume	38
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afp136
Publication status	Published - 01 Jan 2009

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Ageing
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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