title: Aqueous flare measurement with a laser flare cellmeter in eyes with diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: Eighty-one patients (147 eyes) with non-proliferative or proliferative diabetic retinopathy were examined with a laser flare cellmeter with regard to function of the blood-anterior chamber barrier. The protein content of the aqueous in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy was significantly higher than that in patient with the non-proliferative form. A statistically significant association was found between the age of diabetic patients and the flare concentration. In the group with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, a distinct increased flare concentration was measured in particular cases. Long-term controls will have to show whether this is an indication of imminent complications.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenkrankheiten, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tost
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heilmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lautenschläger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000378:metabolism; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D001769:Blood / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count / Q000379:methods; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008875:Middle Aged; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005136:Eye Proteins