Diabetic macular edema

Retinal edema is defined as any increase of water in retinal tissue resulting in an increase in its volume. This increase may be initially intracellular or extracellular. In the first case, there is cytotoxic edema. In the second, vasogenic edema, directly associated with an alteration of the blood-...

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Main Author: Cunha-Vaz, JG (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/845
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/845