Correlation of functional impairment and morphological alterations in patients with group 2A idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-335

  Schmitz Valckenberg, Steffen ^a,b   Fan, Kristie ^a   Nugent, Alex ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^a   Peto, Tunde ^b   Tufail, Adnan ^b   Egan, Cathy ^b   Bird, Alan C ^a   Fitzke, Fred W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC JUXTAFOVEAL RETINAL TELENGIECTASIA; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PERIMETRY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TELANGIECTASIA; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; SCOTOMA; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 40849102471     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.3.330     Document Type: Article

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