Year: 2015
Type: review
Abstract: Various factors are thought to cause the development and progression of disease in macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa. Some of the deleterious processes include oxidative stress, hypoxia, metabolic derangement, genetics, and vasculopathy. In this review, we present a unified theory for the pathophysiology of several retinopathies based on the unique and intense metabolism of rod photoreceptors.
Source: Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology
Authors: Michael K. Lin, Soo Hyun Kim, Lijuan Zhang, Yi-Ting Tsai, Stephen H. Tsang
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1908352078