| Literature DB >> 23393674 |
Joanna M Tarr1, Kirti Kaul, Katarzyna Wolanska, Eva M Kohner, Rakesh Chibber.
Abstract
With the incidence, and prevalence of diabetes mellitus increasing worldwide, diabetic retinopathy is expected to reach epidemic proportions. The aim of this chapter is to introduce diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness in people of the working age. The clinical course of retinopathy, anatomical changes, its pathogenesis and current treatment are described, followed by an overview of the emerging drug therapies for the potential treatment of this sight-threatening complication of diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23393674 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5441-0_10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol ISSN: 0065-2598 Impact factor: 2.622