Improvement of visual acuity in patients suffering from diabetic retinopathy after membrane differential filtration: A pilot study

Transfusion Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-206

  Widder, Randolf A ^a   Brunner, Richard ^a   Walter, Peter ^a   Lüke, Christoph ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Heimann, Klaus ^a   Borberg, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Diabetic retinopathy; Macular edema; Plasmapheresis methods

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033394156     PISSN: 09553886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3886(99)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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