Diabetic Retinopathy
Open Access
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 26 (1), 226-229
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.26.1.226
Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy progresses from mild nonproliferative abnormalities, characterized by increased vascular permeability, to moderate and severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), characterized by vascular closure, to proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), characterized by the growth of new blood vessels on the retina and posterior surface of the vitreous. Macular edema, characterized by retinal thickening from leaky blood vessels, can develop at all stages of retinopathy. Pregnancy, puberty, blood glucose control, hypertension, and cataract surgery can accelerate these changes.Keywords
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