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polypoidal

polypoidal

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  1. polypoid
    • 2015 June 19, Monte J. Radeke et al., “Restoration of mesenchymal retinal pigmented epithelial cells by TGFβ pathway inhibitors: implications for age-related macular degeneration”, in Genome Medicine, volume 7, DOI:10.1186/s13073-015-0183-x:
      Consistent with the potential role of wound response in advanced AMD, experimentally induced HTRA1 expression in RPE results in altered Brüch’s membrane structure, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, and degeneration of the RPE and photoreceptors in mouse models [ 98 , 99 ].