EARLY BREAKDOWN OF BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER IN DIABETES
EARLY BREAKDOWN OF BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER IN DIABETES
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DOI:
10.1136/bjo.59.11.649
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
FIGO, GM
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作者:
CUNHAVAZ, J;FARIADEABREU, JR;FIGO, GM
The blood-retinal barrier plays an important part in the processes of retinal pathophysiology. A new clinical method for the study of the blood-retinal barrier by vitreous fluorophotometry appears to satisfy the necessary requirements in that it is quantitative and shows good reproducibility and high sensitivity. The application of this method to a series of diabetic patients with apparently "normal" fundi revealed the presence of a significant breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier in the early stages of retinal involvement in diabetes. The extent of the breakdown can be measured allowing for comparative and evolutionary evaluations. The disturbance of the blood-retinal barrier, as evidence by vitreous fluorophotometry, appears before microaneurysms or capillary closure can be demonstrated by fluorescein angiography.