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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2019

Changes in macular ultrastructural morphology in unilateral anisometropic amblyopia.

Na Liao, Huilv Jiang, Guangyun Mao, Yiyu Li, Anquan Xue, Yuan Lan, Hao Lin, Qinmei Wang

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Na LiaoSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Huilv JiangSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Guangyun MaoSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yiyu LiSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Anquan XueSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yuan LanSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Hao LinSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Qinmei WangSchool of Optometry and Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

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Abstract

It is controversial that retina and photoreceptors are involved in amblyopic development. Lack of imaging devices for quantitative assessment of photoreceptors in vivo impedes further investigation. In this study we investigated the differences of macular thickness, outer nuclear layer (ONL) thickness and cone density among eyes with unilateral anisometropic amblyopia, amblyopic fellow eyes, and normal control eyes using high-definition spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and adaptive optics imaging system. Thicker fovea and parafovea with characteristic quantitative retinal changes in unilateral amblyopic patients indicated that the amblyopic process might involve the retina. Cones tended to be homogeneously distributed at 1.5° from the foveal center in all participants. However, we did not detect any significant differences in cone density and ONL thickness at 1.5° from the foveal center in patients with unilateral amblyopia when compared with the fellow eyes and the normal control eyes. This is the first study to explore whether photoreceptors are involved in amblyopic development in vivo that would help for understanding the underlying mechanisms of amblyopia. Whether macular changes relate to cone photoreceptors migration of the amblyopic eyes remains to be determined.

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Adaptive opticsamblyopiacone photoreceptormacular thicknessouter nuclear layer

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PMCPMC6731403

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