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Predicting the progression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy: Pathophysiology, imaging phenotypes, and determinants of disease persistence despite therapy.
Survey of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2026
Luu Brendan, van Dijk Elon H C, Hein Martin, An Dong, Yu Dao-Yi, Balaratnasingam Chandrakumar
Abstract excerpt
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is a leading cause of severe vision loss in working-aged adults and represents the end stage of chronic neurovascular injury in diabetes. Despite advances in screening and treatment, including panretinal photocoagulation (PRP), intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), outcomes remain heterogeneous: many eyes...
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- Humans
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Disease Progression
- Phenotype
- Tomography, Optical Coherence
- Fluorescein Angiography
