Background: Diabetic retinopathy is a progressive vision threatening complication of diabetes. Raised plasma level of tumor necrosis factor and other cytokines are accepted as the key in early events in the development of vascular disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the level of some cytokines in diabetic retinopathy and its effect on the severity of diabetic retinopathy. Pa...

background: diabetic retinopathy is the major cause of blindness among working-age population across the world. despite the urgent need for research strategic planning in this field, no systematic research has been previously performed analyzing the published research on diabetic retinopathy. the study aimed to analyze the scientific productions on dr for drawing a general roadmap for future re...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a retinal disorder that may lead to blindness in people all over the world. The major cause of DR diabetes for longer period and early detection only solution prevent vision. This paper focuses on classes Normal eye (No DR), Mild NPDR (Non-Proliferative Retinopathy), Moderate NPDR, Severe PDR. On fundus images, an effective method identifying diabetic proposed by co...

Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most serious and most frequent eye diseases in the world and the most common cause of blindness in adults between 20 and 60 years of age. Following 15 years of diabetes, about 2% of the diabetic patients are blind and 10% suffer from vision impairment due to DR complications. This paper addresses the automatic detection of microaneurysms (MA...

High prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes are being observed in native Canadian communities. It is believed that native populations have a higher prevalence rate of vascular complications than nonnatives. The Southern Alberta Study of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) examined the prevalence and incidence of DR and associated metabolic abnormalities in native and nonnative subjects. Prevalence rates of ...

AIMS To explore gender differences and associations between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components, and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Korean adults aged 40 years and older with diabetes. METHODS We analyzed data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2008-2012). In total, 2,576 type 2 diabetic participants, aged 40 and older, were evaluated. Seven standard ret...

PURPOSE To determine the amount of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in tears of patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) and to compare it with normal subjects. METHODS 38 patients with DR and 24 normal volunteers were included. Thirty subjects suffered from background diabetic retinopathy (BDR) and 8 from proliferate diabetic retinopathy (PDR). For the GAGs assay, the uronic carbazole reaction was u...

BACKGROUND Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) remains a common and one of the major causes of blindness in the developed and western societies. The same situation is shown in emerging economic areas (5,6). In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) however, the issues of visual disability due to diabetes mellitus (DM) are overshadowed by the presence of the prevalent and common nutritional deficiency diseases and eye ...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequently occurring metabolic disorders (DMs), impairing healthy life around globe, with mild-to-severe secondary complications. DM associated complications, including diabetic retinopathy (DR), which damages retina and can lead to vision loss. Diabetic patients often suffer from extreme retinal capillary aneurysms, hemorrhage, edema, likely non-proliferati...

PURPOSE To highlight the systemic factors which affect onset and/or progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and to emphasize the role and responsibilities of ophthalmologists and other eye care providers to ensure that appropriate systemic medical evaluation of the patient with diabetes is being pursued. DESIGN Literature review of publications relevant to diabetic retinopathy, blood glucose...