Peripheral retinal ischaemia, as evaluated by ultra-widefield fluorescein angiography, is associated with diabetic macular oedema

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 694-698

  Wessel, Matthew M ^a   Nair, Nandini ^a   Aaker, Grant D ^a   Ehrlich, Joshua R ^a   D'Amico, Donald J ^a   Kiss, Szilárd ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRA WIDEFIELD FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860220295     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300774     Document Type: Article

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