Endothelial progenitor cells in diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of visual impairment worldwide. Patients with DR may irreversibly lose sight as a result of the development of diabetic macular oedema (DMO) and/or proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR); retinal blood vessel dysfunction and degeneration plays an essen...

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Main Authors: Noemi eLois, Rachel V McCarter, Christina eO'Neill, Reinhold J Medina, Alan W. Stitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2014.00044/full