Abstract:Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most frequent microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). The increasing number of diabetic retinopathy cases, amajor cause of blindness worldwide, is resulted from the increasing prevalence and life span of diabetes mellitus patients. In 2010, the number of diabetic retinopathy cases was 126.6 million and is predicted to increase to 191.0 million by 2030. The number of patients with vision-threatening diabeticretinopathy is also predicted to incre… Show more
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