Macular capillary blood flow in patients with diffuse diabetic macular edema without vitreomacular traction

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Park, Jung Hyun ^a   Woo, Se Joon ^a   Ha, Youn Jin ^a   Yu, Hyeong Gon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Diabetic retinopathy; Macular edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 66149128461     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000220599     Document Type: Article

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