March 2012
Volume 53, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   March 2012
Early Neural Changes In Newly Onset Type 2 Diabetes Is Measurable With Electrophysiology But Not With OCT
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Maria Tyrberg
    Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences Lund University, Helsingborg, Sweden
  • Monica K. Lovestam Adrian
    Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Lund, Sus, Lund, Sweden
  • Vesna Ponjavic
    Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Lund, Sus, Lund, Sweden
  • Sten Andreasson
    Ophthalmology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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    Commercial Relationships  Maria Tyrberg, None; Monica K. Lovestam Adrian, None; Vesna Ponjavic, None; Sten Andreasson, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science March 2012, Vol.53, 2873. doi:
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      Maria Tyrberg, Monica K. Lovestam Adrian, Vesna Ponjavic, Sten Andreasson; Early Neural Changes In Newly Onset Type 2 Diabetes Is Measurable With Electrophysiology But Not With OCT. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2012;53(14):2873.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To evaluate the central retinal thickness in newly onset type 2 diabetes patients (duration 7±3 months) without any visible vascular retinopathy on fundus photographs, but with alterations detected with electrophysiology.

Methods: : Central retinal thickness was measured using spectral domain Topcon 3DOCT. The nine areas of the ETDRS grid were analyzed, corresponding to the 30 degrees from which also the multifocal ERG were recorded.

Results: : One of the 17 diabetes patients had a thinner retina than normal in one of the 9 areas of the ETDRS grid. In 5 patients there was a slightly thicker retina in 3- 5 of the areas measured. In the first-order kernel of the multifocal ERG, the first positive wave, P1, was delayed in the corresponding areas compared with non diabetic controls (29.7ms vs. 27.4ms p<0.001).

Conclusions: : In this group of type 2 diabetes patients, with a duration of diabetes shorter than 1 year, electrophysiological alteration is detectable, but not a corresponding thinning of the retina. This indicates that in type 2 diabetes, central retinal functional changes may precede structural changes assessed with optical coherence tomography.

Keywords: diabetes • electroretinography: clinical • imaging/image analysis: clinical 
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