Prognostic value of fluorescein angiography of the funds in diabetic children.
A positive fluorescein angiographic (FLAG) finding is a frequent occurrence in ophthalmoscopically negative cases. By repeated FLAG examinations good follow-up of the variability of the finding is possible. After 4--8 years of diabetes, ophthalmoscopically diagnosable retinopathy is to be expected in the patients in whom the initial FLAG examination showed signs of angiopathy.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis