... with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) in a follow-up period of 3 years. Design: This is a 3-year prospective longitudinal study with four annual visits. Participants: This study involved 74 individuals with type 2 diabetes, NPDR, and Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study grades from 10 to 47, one eye...

...Jen-Chieh Lin; Mei-Shu Lai Objective: To evaluate the association between the development of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) and antihypertensive drugs (AHDs) use among type 2 diabetic patients with concomitant hypertension. Methods: Type 2 diabetic patients aged 20-100 years who had...

...Jun Zeng; Baihua Chen Diabetic retinopathy (DR), which arises as a result of an increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus, has gradually become a common disease. Due to its complex pathogenesis, the treatment means of DR are very limited. The findings of several studies have shown that instituting...

... t test. The chosen level of statistical significance was p < 0.05. Diabetes Macular edema Optical coherence tomography Ozurdex Retinopathy Diabetic macular edema (DME) is the main cause of mild to moderate visual loss in diabetic retinopathy. Left untreated, up to 33% of eyes...

... functional failure of the endothelium in these patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the corneal endothelial function in diabetics. A fluorophotometric study was performed on 3 groups of diabetic subjects without retinopathy, with nonproliferative retinopathy and with proliferative retinopathy...

.... At the end of the study period, 43 patients (38.4%) developed retinal changes, most of which were classified as minimal. Age, diabetes duration, puberty and long-term metabolic control were found to be independent factors affecting the development of retinopathy. 30 09 1988 11 10 1988 31 3...

... and, in particular, red light protect the eye against DFX toxicity. This is of potential use in patient management during DFX therapy. Desferrioxamine Retinopathy Electroretinogram Hyperoxia Phototherapy Albino rats 17 01 1990 22 01 1990 31 3 2010 © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel 1990...

...Ji Won Lim; Min-Cheol Shin Purpose: To investigate the clinical features of pegylated-interferon (PEG-IFN)-associated retinopathy in chronic hepatitis patients. Methods: We examined a consecutive case series of 46 patients who were treated with PEG-IFN for chronic hepatitis C or B between October...

... of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes was investigated. One hundred and twenty-four subjects with type 2 diabetes and diabetic retinopathy were compared to 80 diabetic subjects without retinopathy with diabetes of a duration of more than 10 years. The PAI-1 gene distribution and ACE gene...

...J.G. Cunha-Vaz Diabetic retinopathy remains the most frequent cause of new cases of blindness among adults aged 20–74 years. A number of large clinical trials have validated treatment methods now considered standard. However, the disease continues to progress in approximately 50% of the eyes...

.... Choroidopathy Fluorescein angiography Retina Retinal pigment epithelium Retinopathy Vasculitis Case Report · Description de cas · Fallbericht Ophthalmologica 1998;212:66 72 Received: January 30, 1996 Accepted after revision: November 29, 1996 Salvatore Daniele Claudia Daniele Fabrizio Orcidi Antonio...