Retinal crystals in type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2461-2467

  Sallo, Ferenc B ^a,b   Leung, Irene ^a   Chung, Mina ^c,d   Wolf Schnurrbusch, Ute E K ^e   Dubra, Alfredo ^d,f   Williams, David R ^d   Clemons, Traci ^g   Pauleikhoff, Daniel ^h   Bird, Alan C ^a   Peto, Tunde ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^h ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR VISION; CONFOCAL BLUE LIGHT REFLECTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRYSTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFRARED RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTICS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA; RETINA IMAGE; RETINAL TELANGIECTASIA; SMOKING; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TYPE 2 IDIOPATHIC MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINAL TELANGIECTASIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 82755189570     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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