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ReviewJournal of diabetes research2015

Role of Electrophysiology in the Early Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Diabetic Retinopathy.

Nicola Pescosolido, Andrea Barbato, Alessio Stefanucci, Giuseppe Buomprisco

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Review in Journal of diabetes research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicola PescosolidoDepartment of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiologic and Geriatric Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4280-2629
Andrea BarbatoCenter of Ocular Electrophysiology, Department of Sense Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5164-6635
Alessio StefanucciFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe BuompriscoDepartment of Sense Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Policlinico Umberto I · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinopathy is a severe and common complication of diabetes, representing a leading cause of blindness among working-age people in developed countries. It is estimated that the number of people with diabetic retinopathy (DR) will increase from 126.6 million in 2011 to 191 million by 2030. The pathology seems to be characterized not only by the involvement of retinal microvessels but also by a real neuropathy of central nervous system, similar to what happens to the peripheral nerves, particularly affected by diabetes. The neurophysiological techniques help to assess retinal and nervous (optic tract) function. Electroretinography (ERG) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) allow a more detailed study of the visual function and of the possible effects that diabetes can have on the visual function. These techniques have an important role both in the clinic and in research: the central nervous system, in fact, has received much less attention than the peripheral one in the study of the complications of diabetes. These techniques are safe, repeatable, quick, and objective. In addition, both the ERG (especially the oscillatory potentials and the flicker-ERG) and VEP have proved to be successful tools for the early diagnosis of the disease and, potentially, for the ophthalmologic follow-up of diabetic patients.

Indexed as

ElectrodiagnosisElectroretinographyDiabetic RetinopathyEarly DiagnosisEvoked Potentials, VisualHumansRetina

Identifiers

PMID26075282
PMCPMC4436463
OpenAlexW1607643713

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