Objetivo: Avaliar a prevalência de retinopatia diabética dos pacientes portadores de diabetes
mellitus tipo 2 do município de Luzerna (SC). Métodos: Estudo transversal onde foram …

Purpose: To review the current knowledge regarding the pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic
vitreoretinopathy (PDVR) and to present recommendations for its clinical staging. Design: …

Background Intraocular inflammation is an uncommon but potentially vision-threatening
adverse event related to anti-VEGF therapy. This is of increasing importance given both the …

The neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), called wet-AMD or
choroidal neovascularisation, begins with damage to the outer retinal cells and retinal pigment …

Intravitreal injections have become the most commonly performed intraocular treatments
worldwide. Because intravitreal injections may induce severe adverse events, such as …

In the last few years, monoclonal antibodies have revolutionized the treatment of retinal
neovascular diseases. More recently, a different class of drugs, fusion proteins, has provided an …

Purpose To investigate retinal changes prior to vascular signs in patients with type 2 diabetes
without diabetic retinopathy or with mild non proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Methods A …

Lipoxin A 4 (LXA 4 ) is a lipid mediator that plays an important role in inflammation resolution.
We assessed the anti-inflammatory effect of LXA 4 on endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) in …

Purpose: Diabetic macular edema is the leading cause of blindness in young adults in
developed countries. Beyond metabolic control, several therapies have been studied such as …

Arthropod-borne viruses, or arboviruses, are viruses that are transmitted through the bites of
mosquitoes and ticks. There are numerous arboviruses throughout the world capable of …