Pilot study for the evaluation of morphological and functional changes in retinal blood flow in patients with insulin resistance and/or type 2 mellitus

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-168

  Forst, Thomas ^a,b   Weber, Matthias M ^b   Mitry, Michael ^a   Schon̈dorf, Thomas ^a   Forst, Senait ^a   Tanis, Mukadar ^a   Pfuẗzner, Andreas ^a   Michelson, Georg ^c  

^a Institute for Clinical Research and Development   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus type 2; Flicker stimulation; Insulin resistance; Retinal blood flow; Scanning laser doppler flowmetry

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL TO LUMEN RATIO; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PILOT STUDY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINOPATHY; SCANNING LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; AGED; BLOOD FLOW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84863568091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681200600120     Document Type: Article

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