Journal of Clinical PracticeJournal of Clinical Practice2220-30952618-8627Eco-Vector828410.17816/clinpract524-10Research ArticleSTRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RETINA MACULAR ZONEIN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS 1 AND 2 TYPE WITHOUT DIABETES RETINOPATHYKazaryanA A-OvsepyanT R-ShishkinM M-150620145241016032018Copyright © 2014, Kazaryan A.A., Ovsepyan T.R., Shishkin M.M.2014The results of morphological and functional research of macular zone of the retina in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and without diabetic retinopathy (DR) are presented. Analysis of tomographic and retinographic parameters revealed decrease of thickness and damage of functional activity of the macular zone.diabetes mellitusdiabetic retinopathyoptical coherent tomographyelectroretino- gramсахарный диабетдиабетическая ретинопатияоптическая когерентная томографияэлектроретинограмма[Antonetti D.A., et al. Diabetic retinopathy: seeing beyond glucose-induced microvascular disease. Diabetes, 2006; 55(9): 2401-11.][Bloodworth JM Jr. Diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes, 1962; 11: 1-22.][Roy M.S., Gunkel R.D., Podgor M.J. Color vision defects in early diabetic retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol, 1986;104(2): 225-8.][Van Dijk H.W., Verbraak F.D., Kok P.H., et al. Early neurodegeneration in the retina of type 2 diabetic patients. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012; 53:2715-9.]