Diabetic retinopathy (also known as diabetic eye disease), is a medical condition in which damage occurs to the retina due to diabetes. It is a leading...
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is the most common cause of retinopathy in the U.S. as of 2008. Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-aged people. It accounts...
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Laser coagulation (section Diabetic retinopathy)
used mostly to close blood vessels in the eye, in certain kinds of diabetic retinopathy; it is no longer used in age-related macular degeneration in favor...
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cause visual problems include age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, corneal clouding, childhood blindness, and a number of infections...
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Candesartan (section Diabetic retinopathy)
antihypertensive drugs has been demonstrated to slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy; the role of candesartan specifically in reducing progression in...
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Type 2 diabetes (redirect from Type-2 diabetic)
complications from high blood sugar include heart disease, stroke, diabetic retinopathy, which can result in blindness, kidney failure, and poor blood flow...
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Vitreous hemorrhage (section Diabetic retinopathy)
cause vitreous hemorrhage. The most common cause found in adults is diabetic retinopathy. Abnormal blood vessels can form in the back of the eye of a person...
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Epigenetic therapy (section Diabetic retinopathy)
help to propagate the effects of diabetic retinopathy. Several avenues to epigenetic treatment of diabetic retinopathy have been studied. One approach...
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Computer-aided diagnosis (redirect from Automated detection of diabetic retinopathy)
of abnormality in patients that human professionals cannot, as in diabetic retinopathy, architectural distortion in mammograms, ground-glass nodules in...
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Pericyte (section Diabetic retinopathy)
retina of diabetic individuals often exhibits loss of pericytes, and this loss is a characteristic factor of the early stages of diabetic retinopathy. Studies...
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A (Jun 2015). "Implication of oxidative stress in progression of diabetic retinopathy". Survey of Ophthalmology. 61 (2): 187–96. doi:10.1016/j.survophthal...
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Neovascularization (section Diabetic retinopathy)
cause retinal detachment in neonates. Diabetic retinopathy, which can develop into proliferative diabetic retinopathy, is a condition where capillaries in...
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of diabetic retinopathy and the need for invasive treatment such as laser therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes with pre-existing retinopathy. It...
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diseases can result in retinopathy that can be confused with hypertensive retinopathy. These include diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy due to autoimmune disease...
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Drug abuse retinopathy is damage to the retina of the eyes caused by chronic drug abuse. Types of retinopathy caused by drug abuse include maculopathy...
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National Eye Institute (section Diabetic retinopathy)
therapies for leading causes of vision loss including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataract, myopia and amblyopia...
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typically a sign of another disease state, most common of which is diabetic retinopathy. The irregularly shaped white patches are a result of ischemia, or...
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diseases including: Diabetic microangiopathy, mainly as diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Nevertheless, diabetic microvascular dysfunction...
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obstruction) Proptosis (bulged eyes) Thyroid eye disease Eye tumors Ptosis Diabetic retinopathy Dry eye syndrome Glaucoma Macular degeneration Retinal detachment...
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macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy, and retinopathy of prematurity. Aflibercept (Zaltrap), in combination...
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Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness. Helen Keller International helps prepare health care systems to identify and treat diabetic retinopathy...
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diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy, whose pathophysiologies are largely identical. Other forms of diabetic angiopathy include diabetic neuropathy...
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diabetics had increased risk for microvascular complications, such as diabetic retinopathy Some genes appear to provide protection against diabetic complications...
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Central serous chorioretinopathy (redirect from Central Serous Retinopathy)
serous chorioretinopathy (CSC or CSCR), also known as central serous retinopathy (CSR), is an eye disease that causes visual impairment, often temporary...
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cause of visual loss in both proliferative, and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Macular edema sometimes occurs for a few days or weeks (sometimes...
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as well as the ETDRS charts, developed for the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study. The chart was designed by Ian Bailey and Jan E. Lovie-Kitchin...
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"wet" type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD, also ARMD), diabetic retinopathy, and macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlusion or central...
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are generally focused on a particular eye problem, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, macular degeneration, strabismus and adnexal...
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been described in patients with microangiopathies such as diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy. During treatment, gastrointestinal disorders...
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