Association of vitreous vitamin C depletion with diabetic macular ischemia in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Sung Wook ParkWoonhyung GhimSanghyeon OhYejin KimUn Chul ParkJaeseung KangHyeong Gon Yu

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Vitreous level of vitamin C in PDR patients showed a tenfold decrease, which was associated with the degree of macular ischemia. This suggests that vitreous vitamin C depletion may cause macula ischemia in PDR patients.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
end stage renal disease
optical coherence tomography
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
type diabetes