Effect of the menstrual cycle on the optic nerve head in diabetes: analysis by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Akar M., Yucel I., Erdem U., Taskin O., Ozel A., Akar Y.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-JOURNAL CANADIEN D OPHTALMOLOGIE, vol.40, no.2, pp.175-182, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0008-4182(05)80029-8
  • Journal Name: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-JOURNAL CANADIEN D OPHTALMOLOGIE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.175-182
  • Keywords: confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope, diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, menstrual cycle, optic nerve head topography, scanning laser microscopy, VISUAL-FIELD ANALYSIS, DEPENDENT CHANGES, MELLITUS, INSULIN, WOMEN, CIRCULATION, RETINOPATHY, THICKNESS
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine and compare menstrual-cycle-dependent topographic changes in the optic nerve head of normally menstruating women with different grades of type 2 diabetes mellitus.