Macular blood flow measured by blue-field entoptoscopy and Heidelberg retinal flowmetry: Comparison of two techniques in type 1 diabetes women during pregnancy

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 506-510

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blue field entoptic simulation; Confocal scanning laser Doppler flowmeter; Diabetic retinopathy; Retinal blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLUE FIELD ENTOPTOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEUKOCYTE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEUKOCYTES; MACULA LUTEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 70350506020     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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