Influence of Flickering Light on the Retinal Vessels in Diabetic Patients
Response to Nguyen, Cheung, and Wong
- Aleksandra Mandecka, MD1,
- Jens Dawczynski, MD2,
- Marcus Blum, MD3,
- Nicolle Müller, DNUTR1,
- Christoph Kloos, MD1,
- Gunter Wolf, MD1,
- Walthard Vilser, MS4,
- Heike Hoyer, MS5 and
- Ulrich Alfons Müller, MD, MSC1
- 1Department of Internal Medicine III, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
- 3Department of Ophthalmology, Helios Klinikum, Erfurt, Germany
- 4IMEDOS, Jena, Germany
- 5Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer Sciences and Documentation, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
- Corresponding author: Aleksandra Mandecka, MD, Department of Internal Medicine III, Friedrich-Schiller University, Bachstrasse 18, Jena 07743, Germany. E-mail: aleksandra.mandecka{at}med.uni-jena.de
We thank Wong et al. (1) for their interest in our study (2) in which we showed that retinal vessels in diabetic patients with increasing stages of diabetic retinopathy experience a continuously decreasing response to flickering light. We believe that the issue raised by Wong et al. is very important.
The study by Nguyen et al. (3) showed that arteriolar and venular calibers are structurally …
