Early neurodegeneration in the retina of type 2 diabetic patients

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2715-2719

  van Dijk, Hille W ^a   Verbraak, Frank D ^a   Kok, Pauline H B ^a   Stehouwer, Marilette ^a   Garvin, Mona K ^b,c   Sonka, Milan ^b,d   Hans Devries, J ^a   Schlingemann, Reinier O ^a,e   Abràmoff, Michael D ^b,c,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IA United States   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL NEURONS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84861118721     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8997     Document Type: Article

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