Retinal capillary blood flow in diabetic and nondiabetic women during pregnancy and postpartum period

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1486-1491

  Loukovaara, Sirpa ^a   Harju, Mika ^a   Kaaja, Risto ^a   Immonen, Ilkka ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RETINA CAPILLARY;

ADULT; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0037378861     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0293     Document Type: Article

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