Quantitative measurement of hard exudates in patients with diabetes and their associations with serum lipid levels

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5544-5549

  Sasaki, Mariko ^a,b   Kawasaki, Ryo ^a,c   Noonan, Jonathan E ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,d   Lamoureux, Ecosse ^a,d   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,e  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic macular edema; Hard exudate; Quantitative measurement; Serum lipid

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84882774456     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11849     Document Type: Article

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