The absence of diabetic retinopathy in patients with retinitis pigmentosa: implications for pathophysiology and possible treatment

Br J Ophthalmol. 2001 Mar;85(3):366-70. doi: 10.1136/bjo.85.3.366.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Ocular / physiology
  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cell Hypoxia / physiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dark Adaptation / physiology
  • Diabetic Retinopathy / etiology*
  • Diabetic Retinopathy / therapy
  • Female
  • Free Radicals / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / metabolism
  • Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / physiology
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa / etiology*
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa / therapy
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Free Radicals