How SD-OCT is changing our view of DME
In diabetic macular edema, vascular endothelial damage is a major event that results in the breakdown of the inner blood-retinal barrier and accumulation of fluid and serum macromolecules in the intracellular space.1 The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy reported that 32% of pa...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/20719/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/20719/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/20719/1/how_SD-OCT_is_changing_our_view_of_DME.pdf |
| Summary: | In diabetic macular edema, vascular endothelial damage is a major event that results in the breakdown of the inner
blood-retinal barrier and accumulation of fluid and serum macromolecules in the intracellular space.1 The Wisconsin
Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy reported that 32% of patients developed macular edema within 22 to 24
years of diabetes diagnosis.2 |
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