Advanced search
Publication Cover
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Volume 20, 2013 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
528
Views
40
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Medical Characteristics of Patients with Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel Type 2) MacTel Project Report No. 3

Traci E. ClemonsThe EMMES Corporation, Rockville MDUSACorrespondence[email protected]
, Ph.D.,
Mark C. GilliesSave Sight Institute, University of SydneyAustralia
, M.D., Ph.D.,
Emily Y. ChewNational Eye Institute Bethesda, MDUSA
, M.D.,
Alan C. BirdMoorfields Eye Hospital LondonUK
, M.D.,
Tunde PetoMoorfields Eye Hospital LondonUK
, M.D., Ph.D.,
Jie Jin WangCentre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of SydneyAustralia
, MMed, PhD,
Paul MitchellCentre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of SydneyAustralia
, MD, PhD,
Wishal D. RamdasDepartment of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology, Erasmus University RotterdamThe Netherlands
, MD, MSc,
Johannes R. VingerlingDepartment of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology, Erasmus University RotterdamThe Netherlands
, MD & and the Macular Telangiectasia Project Research Group show all
Pages 109-113 | Received 31 May 2012, Accepted 22 Oct 2012, Published online: 19 Mar 2013

REFERENCES

  • Gass JDM. A fluorescein angiographic study of macular dysfunction secondary to retinal vascular disease. V. Retinal telangiectasis. Arch Ophthalmol 1968;80:592–605
  • Gass JD, Oyakawa RT. Idiopathic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis. Arch Ophthalmol 1982;100:769–780
  • Gass JDM, Blodi BA. Idiopathic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis: update of classification and follow-up study. Ophthalmology 1993;100(10):1536–1546
  • Gass JDM. Stereoscopic atlas of macular disease: diagnosis and treatment. St. Louis: Mosby, 1987
  • Yannuzi JA, Bardal AMC, Freund KB, et al. Idiopathic macular telangiectasia. Arch Ophthalmol 2006;124:450–60
  • Aung KZ, Wickremasinghe SS, Makeyeva G, et al. The prevalence estimates of macular telangiectasia type 2: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Retina 2010;30:473–478
  • Klein R, Blodi BA, Meuer SM, et al. The prevalence of macular telangiectasia type 2 (MT2) in the Beaver Dam Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol 2010;150:55–62
  • Millay RH, Klein ML, Handelman IL, Watzke RC. Abnormal glucose metabolism and parafoveal telangiectasia. Am J Ophthalmol 1986;102:363–370
  • Chew EY, Murphy RP, Newsome DA, Fine SL. Parafoveal telangiectasis and diabetic retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol 1986;104:71–75
  • Clemons TE, Gillies MC, Chew EY, et al. Baseline characteristics of participants in the natural history study of macular telangiectasia (MacTel) MacTel Project Report No. 2. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2010;17:66–73
  • Efron B. Bootstrap methods: another look at the jackknife. Ann Statist 1979;7:1–26
  • Efron B. and Tibshirani R. An Introduction to the Bootstrap. 1993. New York: Chapman & Hall
  • Schmidt D, Soriano JM. Retinal telangiectasis and proliferation of the retinal vessels in a family. Ophthalmologica 1993;207:62–77
  • Shukla D, Gupta SR, Neelakantan N, et al. Type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia. Retina 2012;32(2):265–74
  • McKay R, McCarty CA, Taylor HR. Diabetic retinopathy in Victoria, Australia: the Visual Impairment Project. Br J Ophthalmol 2000;84:865–870
  • Lee PP, Feldman ZW, Ostermann J, et al. Longitudinal rates of annual eye examinations of persons with diabetes and chronic eye diseases. Ophthalmology 2003;110:1952–1959
  • Soto-Pedre E, Hernaez-Ortega MC. Screening coverage for diabetic retinopathy using a three-field digital non-mydriatic fundus camera. Prim Care Diabetes 2008;2:141–146
  • Powner MB, Gillies MC, Tretiah M, et al. Perifoveal müller cell depletion in a case of macular telangiectasia type 2. Ophthalmology 2010;117:2407–2416

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.