Sickle cell maculopathy: Identification of systemic risk factors, and microstructural analysis of individual retinal layers of the macula.

To identify systemic risk factors for sickle cell maculopathy, and to analyze the microstructure of the macula of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients by using automated segmentation of individual retinal layers.Thirty consecutive patients with SCD and 30 matched controls underwent spectral-domain opt...

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Main Authors: Laura Dell'Arti, Giulio Barteselli, Lorenzo Riva, Elisa Carini, Giovanna Graziadei, Eleonora Benatti, Alessandro Invernizzi, Maria D Cappellini, Francesco Viola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5832302?pdf=render