Mechanism of Inflammation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Figure 3
Intermediate age-related macular degeneration. (a) Schematic cross-sectional illustration of the macula with an intermediate stage of the disease ((1) drusen; (2) atrophy of a cell of the retinal pigment epithelium; (3) hypertrophy or hyperplasia of a cell of the retinal pigment epithelium; (4) a normal cell of the retinal pigment epithelium). (b) Fluorescein angiography of the macula affected by an intermediate form of the disease (confluent soft drusen and pigmentary irregularities); in this eye, the best best-correct visual acuity was 20/50 (Snellen equivalent) (extracted and modified from [4]).
