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diabetic retinopathy

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A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where retinal damages are incurred due to microaneurysms in the vasculature of the retina, progressively leading to abnormal blood vessel growth, and swelling and leaking of fluid from blood vessels, resulting in vision loss or blindness. [ ]

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Label

diabetic retinopathy

Synonyms
  • Diabetic Retinopathies
  • Retinopathies, Diabetic
  • Retinopathy, Diabetic
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • retinal abnormality - diabetes-related
database cross reference
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http://identifiers.org/mesh/D003930, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8947, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C34538, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/4855003, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0011884

gwas trait

true

id

EFO:0003770

term editor

Tomasz Adamusiak