New insights into the pathoanatomy of diabetic macular edema: Angiographic patterns and optical coherence tomography

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1087-1099

  Byeon, Suk Ho ^a   Chu, Young Kwang ^b   Hong, Young Taek ^a   Kim, Min ^a   Kang, Hae Min ^a   Kwon, Oh Woong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Siloan Eye Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

autofluorescence; cystoid macular edema; diabetic macular edema; fluid conductivity; fluorescein angiography; Henle layer; microaneurysm; optical coherence tomography; plexiform layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL;

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

EID: 84861813815     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182349686     Document Type: Article

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