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Jingli Guo1, WenYi Tang1, Xiaofeng Ye1

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, 200031, China.

BMC Ophthalmology
|March 7, 2018
PubMed
Summary

Idiopathic macular telangiectasia (MT) type 1 is associated with decreased deep capillary plexus (DCP) density and retinal layer disruption. These changes correlate with visual acuity (VA) and may serve as predictive biomarkers.

Keywords:
Disorganization of the retinal inner layersEllipsoid zone disruptionMacular telangiectasia type 1Optical coherence tomography angiography

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