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. 2021 Dec 19;13:25158414211056384. doi: 10.1177/25158414211056384

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Figure 13. — OCT images in patients with STGD1. (a) A region of macular atrophy where the outer retinal thickness is ↓ and the EZ is absent. The yellow arrows show where the EZ is absent. (b) Preservation of the EZ layer within the peripapillary region. The outer retina is lost in the region of macular atrophy. The accompanying infrared scanning laser ophthalmoscopy image also shows a hyperreflective region of macular atrophy and normal reflectance within the spared peripapillary region. (c) The spared fovea with is shown between the two yellow arrows and the spared EZ layer is shown by the two red arrows.

EZ, ellipsoid zone; OCT, optical coherence tomography; STGD1, Stargardt disease.