Taiyo Shijo, Yoichi Sakurada, Koji Tanaka, Akiko Miki, Seigo Yoneyama, Yumiko Machida, Aya Chubachi, Yu Wakatsuki, Atsushi Sugiyama, Hajime Onoe, Wataru Kikushima, Ryusaburo Mori, Kenji Kashiwagi
Few studies report drusenoid pigment epithelial detachment (DPED) in Asians. In this multicenter study, we report the clinical and genetic characteristics of 76 patients with DPED, and, for comparison, 861 patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were included. On the initial presentation, the mean best-corrected visual acuity was 0.087 ± 0.17 (logMAR unit), and mean DPED height and width were 210 ± 132 and 1633 ± 1114 µm, respectively. Fifty-one (67%) patients showed macular neovascularization in the contralateral eye...
April 15, 2021: International Journal of Molecular Sciences