purpose: to evaluate the association between hyperlipidemia with severity of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type i diabetes mellitus referred to the eye clinic at imam khomeini hospital, ahvaz, iran. methods: this observational cross-sectional study included 52 patients with type i diabetes mellitus. fasting blood samples for analysis of serum lipids and hba1c were obtained from all pati...

Background: Anemia may be considered to be an independent risk factor for the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with renal failure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between blood hemoglobin level and retinopathy in diabetic patients with normal renal function tests.Methods: From 2009 to 2011, 1100 diabetic patients underwent retinal examination. Am...

purpose : to investigate the discriminative ability of contrast sensitivity (cs), color vision and best corrected visual acuity (bcva) in detecting functional losses in diabetic participants with and without retinopathy methods : in this cross sectional study we examined 105 patients in khatam-al-anbia eye hospital of mashhad university of medical sciences including 70 diabetic patients (35 wit...

Objective: Retinopathy is a microvascular complication of diabetes and leading cause of blindness throughout the world. The proteins as the most chemical substances in the cells are exposed to oxidative damages of free radicals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the values of protein oxidation biomarkers in diabetic patients with retinopathy. Materials and Methods: This study was done on 3...

Objective(s): Oxidative stress has a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Juglans regia L. (JRL) leaf extract has hypoglycemic and antioxidative properties. This study aimed to determine the ameliorative effects of JRL against diabetic retinopathy. Materials and Methods: The DR rat model was generated by injection of streptozotocin (STZ). A subset of the diabetic rats ...

purpose: to determine the prevalence and characteristics of retinopathy in diabetic residents of tehran province, iran during 2005. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 700 diabetic subjects who were recognized in a sample of 7500 individuals in the “risk factor evaluation for non-contagious diseases” project in i.r. of iran, 2005. all subjects were recalled to attend a predefin...

purpose: to study the effects of adding intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) to conventional laser treatment on regression of retinal neovascularization in threshold rop. methods: intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (1.25 mg) in one eye of each of three newborns with threshold rop was performed in addition to laser treatment. the other eye of each patient was treated with laser alone. changes i...