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Obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetic retinopathy: Beyond hyperglycemia

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most feared ocular manifestation of diabetes. DR is characterized by progressive retinal damage that may eventually result in blindness. Clinically, this blindness is caused by progressive damage to the retinal microvasculature, which leads to ischemia, retinal swell...

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Autores principales: Mbata, Osinakachukwu, Abo El-Magd, Nada Fawzy, El-Remessy, Azza Bahram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5507828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28751954
http://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v8.i7.317