Abstract
We reviewed the color photographs and fluorescein angiograms of 110 subjects with angioid streaks. Evidence is presented for an association between drusen of the optic disc and angioid streaks.
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Mansour, A.M. Is there an association between optic disc drusen and angioid streaks?. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 230, 595–596 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181785
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181785