Degeneration of intramural pericytes in diabetic retinopathy.
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Retinal pericyte degeneration, a usual finding in diabetic retinopathy, has been shown to be a change probably peculiar to the retina rather than part of a more widespread angiopathy. Thus in a patient with diabetic retinopathy the characteristic eosinophilic degeneration of the pericyte nuclei ceased at the optic disc and could not be found in vessels of the optic nerves and brain.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 1 5691 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1970