complications retinopathy
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Diabetic Retinopathy occurs in patients who suffer from diabetes for many years and as a result of which the vision gets affected.
- Retinal detachment is a serious complication of cataract surgery.
- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common form of hereditary retinal degeneration, with a worldwide prevalence of 1 in 4000.
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a retinal disorder of low birth weight infants and it is the leading cause of childhood blindness.
- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a major cause of blindness in developed countries, has multiple causative genes; its prevalence differs by ethnicity.
- Mutations in rhodopsin gene (RHO) are a frequent cause of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and less often, congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB).
- Diabetes is associated with significant microvascular complications: retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy Diabetic retinopathy remains the most common cause of blindness in working-age adults in the developed world.
- Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a common retinal condition and a major sight-threatening disease, where venous occlusion leads to a reduction in the oxygen supply to the retina, and subsequently, dysfunction of the blood-retinal barrier, chronic retinal hypoxia and increased retinal vascular permeability.