Book chapter
A basic scientific understanding of diabetic retinopathy
Managing Diabetic Eye Disease in Clinical Practice, pp.13-24
Springer International Publishing
07/16/2015
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08329-2_2
Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is classified into nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), with the latter identified by the growth of new retinal blood vessels. In this chapter, we will review our current understanding on the pathophysiology of DR.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A basic scientific understanding of diabetic retinopathy
- Creators
- Nathaniel Sears - Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USAAlex Yuan - Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Managing Diabetic Eye Disease in Clinical Practice, pp.13-24
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-08329-2_2
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/16/2015
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984111208502771
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