Blood and aqueous humor tumstatin concentrations associated with diabetic retinopathy

Open Access

25 April 2020

journal article
Published by Peertechz Publications Private Limited in Annals of Systems Biology

Vol. 3 (1), 025-028
https://doi.org/10.17352/asb.000008

Abstract

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is the most common microvascular complication of Diabetes Mellitus (DM). This study was carried out to determine blood and aqueous humor tumstatin level in patients (DM + cataract, in patients (DR+cataract), and patients only having cataract.

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