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Basal Laminar Drusen
A retinal drusen characterized by yellow-white deposits (drusen) that accumulate beneath the retinal pigment epithelium on Bruch membrane and that is caused by mutations in the CFH gene on chromosome 1q31.3.
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Overview
A retinal drusen characterized by yellow-white deposits (drusen) that accumulate beneath the retinal pigment epithelium on Bruch membrane and that is caused by mutations in the CFH gene on chromosome 1q31.3.
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