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Vascular dysfunction and vasoregression are hallmarks of a variety of inflammatory central nervous system disorders and inflammation-related retinal diseases like diabetic retinopathy.
Sarah Riemann +12 more
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A Holistic Approach to a Rare Case of Kearns–Sayre Syndrome
Mitochondrial disease, which was previously considered as a rare clinical entity, is presently identified as a significant cause of a broad range of muscle, cardiac, neurologic, as well as endocrine disorders.
Saurav Mittal +3 more
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Background/aim: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of multiple etiologies characterized by a lack of insulin, with a consequent disordered metabolism of glucose, fats, and proteins.
Dervišević Muamer +2 more
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Diabetes and hyperglycemia are associated with increased retinal oxidative and nitrative stress and vascular cell death. Paradoxically, high glucose stimulates expression of survival and angiogenic growth factors.
Sally L. Elshaer +2 more
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Laser treatment in diabetic retinopathy [PDF]
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in developed countries due to macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). For both complications laser treatment may offer proven therapy: the Diabetic Retinopathy
Akduman L +36 more
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Background: Epilepsy is accompanied by neurodegenerative changes, particularly those in the retina. Elucidation of the mechanisms of retinal alterations in a model of epileptic syndrome may allow for the development of new approaches to pharmacological ...
N. Al-Nadawi, V.I. Kresyun
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Ultrastructure of neurovascular changes in human diabetic retinopathy [PDF]
The previous concept regarding diabetic retinopathy assigned a primary role to hyperglycemia-induced microvascular alterations, while neuronal and glial abnormalities were considered to be secondary to either ischemia or exudation.
Artico, Marco +9 more
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Autoantibodies against retinal proteins in paraneoplastic and autoimmune retinopathy [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune retinal degeneration may occur in patients who present with sudden or, less commonly, subacute loss of vision of retinal origin, associated with an abnormal ERG, through the action of autoantibodies against retinal proteins.
AH Milam +31 more
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Dengue Virus Infection of Human Retinal Müller Glial Cells
Retinopathy is a recently recognized complication of dengue, affecting up to 10% of hospitalized patients. Research on the pathogenesis has focused largely on effects of dengue virus (DENV) at the blood–retinal barrier.
Genevieve F. Oliver +6 more
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Involvement of the retinal microvascular vessels is an almost inevitable consequence of long standing diabetes. In the only large scale epidemiology study of a Caucasian population Klein et al. found some degree of retinopathy in up to 97% of patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) after about 15 years diabetes duration and in about 60%
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