The relationship between inner retinal cavitation, photoreceptor disruption, and the integrity of the outer limiting membrane in macular telangiectasia type 2

Retina

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1547-1550

  Zhu, Meidong ^a,b   Krilis, Matthew ^a   Gillies, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ller cells; macula; macular telangiectasia; M ; optical coherence tomography; photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

CELL DISRUPTION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INNER RETINAL CAVITATION; MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA TYPE 2; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MUELLER CELL; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTER MEMBRANE; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR DISRUPTION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL TELANGIECTASIA;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VACUOLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84883683200     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318285cb9c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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