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SUBMITTER: Kim M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5758605 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Mirinae M Ha Min Ji MJ Choi Seung Yong SY Park Young-Hoon YH
Scientific reports 20180108 1
The relationships between changes in choroidal vasculature and the severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) remain unclear. We assessed choroidal changes in diabetic patients by measuring choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in conjunction with DR stage. In this study, patients with diabetes and healthy controls were retrospectively analyzed. Subjects were divided into seven groups as follows: Healthy controls, no DR, mild/moderate non-proliferative DR (NPDR), severe NPDR, proliferative DR (PDR), panr ...[more]