Diabetes as a risk factor for retinal neovascularization in retinal vein occlusion.
We evaluated a series of patients with retinal vein occlusive disease to determine whether diabetic patients with vein occlusions developed retinal neovascularization more frequently than did nondiabetics. Retinal neovascularization occurred in 68.8% of diabetics after central retinal vein occlusion compared with 27.8% of nondiabetics. Diabetics with branch retinal vein occlusions showed no greater likelihood for subsequent retinal neovascularization than did nondiabetics.
Funderburk
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Miller Eye Center, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga.
Feinberg
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D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012171:Retinal Vessels; D012307:Risk Factors