Open AccessDoes Retinal Neurodegeneration Seen in Diabetic Patients Begin in the Insulin Resistance Stage?
Author(s) -
Sedat Arıkan,
İsmail Erşan,
Mustafa Eroğlu,
Mehmet Yılmaz,
Hasan Ali Tufan,
Bariş Gencer,
Selçuk Kara,
Mehmet Aşık
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
turkish journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2147-2661
pISSN - 1300-0659
DOI - 10.4274/tjo.68888
Subject(s) - medicine , photopic vision , ophthalmology , retinal , insulin resistance , insulin , visual acuity
To investigate whether retinal neurodegeneration and impairment in contrast sensitivity (CS), which have been demonstrated to begin in diabetic patients before the presence of signs of diabetic retinal vasculopathy, also occur in the stage of insulin resistance.
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