Diabetic Retinopathy: Targeting Vasoregression

摘要

Diabetic retinopathy is a clinically well-defined, sight-threatening, chronic microvascular complication that eventually affects virtually all patients with diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy is characterized by gradually progressive alterations in the retinal microvasculature, leading to areas of retinal non-perfusion, increased vasopermeability, and in response to retinal nonperfusion, pathologic intraocular proliferation of retinal vessels (1-3).