Exaggerated relative nasal-temporal asymmetry of macular capillary blood flow in patients with clinically significant diabetic macular oedema

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-146

  Hudson, Chris ^a,b,c   Flanagan, J G ^a,b,c   Turner, G S ^a   Chen, H C ^a   Rawji, M H ^b,c   McLeod, D ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEIDELBERG RETINA FLOWMETER; HUMAN; LASER SCANNING DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NASAL TEMPORAL ASYMMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINAL MACULA CAPILLARY FLOW;

AGED; CAPILLARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 12944306868     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.037317     Document Type: Article

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