Sites of highest predictability for neurodegeneration in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without diabetic retinopathy.

Dalia Sabry Islam AbdelhadyHossam Youssef AbouelkheirAmr Mohammed Elsayed Abdelkader

Published in: International ophthalmology (2021)

The total, superior and inferior GCL and mRNFL, in addition to the global pRNFL were the most affected and predictive layers for DRN in patients with DM type 2 without DR. It appears that the GCL is the primary site of DRN and the rest of the changes represented a degeneration of the axonal path between the optic disk and the macular GCL.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
optical coherence tomography
optic nerve
spinal cord injury
editorial comment
type diabetes
solar cells
adipose tissue
weight loss