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Representative images of OCT features of interest. (a) Larger drusen ≥ 40 µm in height (black arrow), (b) drusen with hyporeflective core (yellow arrow) and intraretinal hyperreflective foci (red arrow), (c) incomplete retinal pigment epithelium and outer retinal atrophy (iRORA, green arrow), and (d) conversion to complete retinal pigment epithelium and outer retinal atrophy at a follow-up visit (cRORA, blue arrow)
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