Progression of retinopathy and alteration of the blood-retinal barrier in patients with type 2 diabetes: A 7-year prospective follow-up study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 264-268

  Cunha Vaz, J ^a   Lobo, C ^a   Castro Sousa, J ^b   Oliveiros, B ^a   Leite, E ^a   Faria De Abreu, J R ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031900927     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050075     Document Type: Article

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