EARLY MICROVASCULAR AND NEURAL CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS WITHOUT CLINICAL SIGNS OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

There are specific neural and microvascular modifications even before clinical signs of diabetic retinopathy in DM Types 1 and 2. Perifoveal capillary loss in the SCP is highly correlated with inner retinal layer. These data may help in characterization of patients at the preclinical stage of diabetic retinopathy.