Optical coherence tomography characteristics of group 2A idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasis

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1214-1220

  Sanchez, Juan G ^a   Garcia, Reinaldo A ^a   Wu, Lihteh ^b   Berrocal, Maria H ^c   Graue Wiechers, Federico ^d   Rodriguez, Francisco J ^e   Robledo, Violeta ^d   Lizana, Carmen ^d   Piskulich, Zlatco ^b   Mendoza, Aristides J ^a   Velez Vazquez, Wandsy ^f   Arevalo, J Fernando ^a  

^a Clinica Oftalmologica Centro Caracas   (Venezuela)

^b Instituto de Cirugia Ocular   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Fundacion Conde Valenciana   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^f Retina Associates   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biomicroscopic examination; Fluorescein angiography; Group 2a; Idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasis; OCT; Optical coherence tomography; Staging classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC PARAFOVEAL TELANGIECTASIS; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 36749016792     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318074bc4b     Document Type: Article

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