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The Prevalence of Type 2 Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia in Two African Populations

Ferenc B. SalloMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Irene LeungMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
,
Wanjiku Mathenge
,
Fatima Kyari
,
Hannah KuperInternational Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
,
Clare E. GilbertInternational Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
,
Alan C. Bird
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Tunde PetoNIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
& on behalf of the MacTel Study Group show all
Pages 185-189 | Received 02 Jun 2011, Accepted 23 Aug 2011, Published online: 24 Feb 2012

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Anagha Vaze & Mark Gillies. (2016) Salient features and management options of macular telangiectasia type 2: a review and update. Expert Review of Ophthalmology 11:6, pages 429-441.
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Andrew J. Mangum. (2022) Macular Telangiectasia Type 2: Case Report and Clinical Review. CRO (Clinical & Refractive Optometry) Journal 33:2.
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Simone Tzaridis & Martin Friedlander. (2021) Functional Relevance of Hyper-Reflectivity in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science 62:3, pages 6.
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Matthew R. Starr, Raymond Iezzi & Sophie J. Bakri. (2020) Twenty-Year Incidence of Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 and Associated Systemic Comorbidities in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina 51:S2.
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Sergio Rojas-Juárez & Paola Brito-Sandoval. (2020) Hallazgos en la angiografía por tomografía de coherencia óptica en pacientes mexicanos con telangiectasias maculares tipo 2. Revista Mexicana de Oftalmología 94:2S, pages 77-82.
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Emily Y. Chew, Traci E. Clemons, Glenn J. Jaffe, Charles A. Johnson, Sina Farsiu, Eleonora M. Lad, Robyn Guymer, Philip Rosenfeld, Jean-Pierre Hubschman, Ian Constable, Henry Wiley, Lawrence J. Singerman, Mark Gillies, Grant Comer, Barbara Blodi, Dean Eliott, Jiong Yan, Alan Bird & Martin Friedlander. (2019) Effect of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor on Retinal Neurodegeneration in Patients with Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. Ophthalmology 126:4, pages 540-549.
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Simone Müller, Tjebo F.C. Heeren, Jennifer Nadal, Peter Charbel Issa, Philipp Herrmann, Frank G. Holz & Bettina K. Wabbels. (2019) Stereoscopic Vision in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. Ophthalmologica 241:3, pages 121-129.
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Paul Bernstein, Chantal Dysli, Jörg Fischer, Martin Hammer, Yoshihiko Katayama, Lydia Sauer & Martin S. Zinkernagel. 2019. High Resolution Imaging in Microscopy and Ophthalmology. High Resolution Imaging in Microscopy and Ophthalmology 213 235 .
Simone Müller, Peter Charbel Issa, Tjebo F.C. Heeren, Sarah Thiele, Frank G. Holz & Philipp Herrmann. (2018) Macular Pigment Distribution as Prognostic Marker for Disease Progression in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. American Journal of Ophthalmology 194, pages 163-169.
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Lydia Sauer. (2018) Review of clinical approaches in fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics 23:09, pages 1.
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Lydia Sauer, Rebekah H. Gensure, Martin Hammer & Paul S. Bernstein. (2018) Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Ophthalmoscopy: A Novel Way to Assess Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. Ophthalmology Retina 2:6, pages 587-598.
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Martin Pencak, Jan Krasny, Miroslav Veith & Magdalena Vokrojova. (2016) Macular telangiectasia type 2 accompanied by solitary retinal astrocytic hamartoma (case report). BMC Ophthalmology 16:1.
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Peter Charbel Issa, Mark C. Gillies, Emily Y. Chew, Alan C. Bird, Tjebo F.C. Heeren, Tunde Peto, Frank G. Holz & Hendrik P.N. Scholl. (2013) Macular telangiectasia type 2. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research 34, pages 49-77.
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