The effects of macular ischemia on visual acuity in diabetic retinopathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2353-2360

  Sim, Dawn A ^a,b   Keane, Pearse A ^a,b   Zarranz Ventura, Javier ^a,b,d   Fung, Simon ^a   Powner, Michael B ^b   Platteau, Elise ^a,c   Bunce, Catey V ^a,b   Fruttiger, Marcus ^b   Patel, Praveen J ^a,b   Tufail, Adnan ^a,b   Egan, Catherine A ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84875680053     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11103     Document Type: Article

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