Abstract:INTRODUCTION: WHO estimates more than 150 million diabetes patients worldwide. One of the complications of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy which is recognized as the leading cause of blindness in the working-age population and the cause of 12% of new cases of blindness each year due to macular edema, vitreous hemorrhage, and tractional retinal detachment. Macular edema is the most common cause of decreased visual acuity. The relationship between macular edema and the degree of retinopathy is unclear, so furth… Show more
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