Three different phenotypes of mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with different risks for development of clinically significant macular edema

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4595-4604

  Nunes, Sandrina ^a,b   Ribeiro, Luisa ^a,b   Lobo, Conceição ^a,b   Cunha Vaz, José ^a,b  

^a ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATION AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON LIGHT AND IMAGE AIBILI   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Diabetic retinopathy; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINAL THICKNESS; RISK; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; PHENOTYPES;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84880062858     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11895     Document Type: Article

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