PMID: 15384839Sep 24, 2004Paper

On a classification of changes in the eye fundus as observed in diabetes mellitus

Vestnik oftalmologii
V Iu Evgrafov, Iu E Batmanov

Abstract

A classification of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic maculopathy as well as treatment schemes for each stage, which were worked out by the authors, are described in the paper. A stage free of any diabetic changes in the eye fundus is isolated, within the suggested classification, as well as the notion of a high-risk diabetic retinopathy is defined with more precision and in accordance with the modern understanding of importance of the vitreous-retinal interaction and of compensation of carbohydrate metabolism in the disease pathogenesis. Finally, an original classification of diabetic macular edema was introduced.

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