Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy begins with damage to the pericytes and endothelial cells and a thickening of vascular basal lamina. The microangiopathy affects the retina in particular by damaging the precapillary arterioles, capillaries and venules.
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(2008). Retinal Vascular Disease. In: Fluorescence Angiography in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79401-1_6
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