Idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 2: Distribution of macular pigment and functional investigations

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 586-595

  Zeimer, Meike B ^a   Padge, Björn ^a   Heimes, Britta ^a   Pauleikhoff, Daniel ^a  

^a ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lutein; Retinal diseases; Retinal pigments; Retinal vessels; Telangiectasis; Visual acuity; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; TELANGIECTASIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PIGMENTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951193587     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181bd2d38     Document Type: Article

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