Courses of diabetic retinopathy.
A follow-up study on 93 patients suffering from diabetic preretinopathy showed different courses of development. Predominantly occlusive types of microangiopathy were significantly more predisposed to a rapid progression of lesions than predominantly exudative types or occlusive exudative types. In addition, transition of one type into the other and reversibility of all symptoms were observed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000473:pathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged