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The retina is an outgrowth of the central nervous system and therefore provides the opportunity for direct observation of neural tissue and its vasculature during life. Retinal thinning measured\n                  <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                  has been previously described in persons carrying ADAD mutations through fundoscopy but its pathologic correlates have not been reported.\n                <\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>\n                  We describe retinal lesions detected using fundoscopy\n                  <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                  in a patient homozygous for the A431E mutation in\n                  <jats:italic>PSEN1<\/jats:italic>\n                  and its pathological correlates. Retinal lesions seen with fundoscopy during life corresponded to intraretinal and prelaminar optic nerve head amyloid \u03b2\n                  <jats:sub>42<\/jats:sub>\n                  -protein that were surrounded by perivascular anti-11A50-B10-A\u03b2\n                  <jats:sub>40<\/jats:sub>\n                  and gliosis. We then performed a cross-sectional, observational study of forty-one Latinos in three cohorts consisting of (1) persons with ADAD causing mutations, (2) at 50% risk for, but testing negative for ADAD mutations, and (3) elderly subjects not at-risk for ADAD.\n                <\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>\n                  Clinical exam demonstrated novel, yellow, intraretinal lesions in Cohort 1 in absence of drusen. Fifty-six percent of Cohort 1 subjects had &gt;10 retinal lesions compared to 0% and 25% for Cohorts 2 and 3, respectively (\n                  <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                  &lt; 0.04). 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