RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Epiretinal membranes in sickle cell disease.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 466
OP 469
DO 10.1136/bjo.71.6.466
VO 71
IS 6
A1 B J Moriarty
A1 R W Acheson
A1 G R Serjeant
YR 1987
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/71/6/466.abstract
AB Epiretinal membranes at the macula were seen in 4% of the eyes of 355 patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and sickle cell haemoglobin-C (SC) disease under the age of 60 years. The presence of proliferative sickle retinopathy (PSR), the extent of involvement of PSR, and vitreous haemorrhage all constitute risk factors for the formation of epiretinal membranes. The occlusion of PSR lesions by treatment appears to reduce the risk of epiretinal membranes being formed.