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Kidney and eye diseases: common risk factors, etiological mechanisms, and pathways.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2014
Wong Chee Wai, Wong Tien Yin, Cheng Ching-Yu, Sabanayagam Charumathi
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Chronic kidney disease is an emerging health problem worldwide. The eye shares striking structural, developmental, and genetic pathways with the kidney, suggesting that kidney disease and ocular disease may be closely linked. A growing number of studies have found associations of chronic kidney disease with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataract. In addition, retinal...
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