Vitreous and plasma VEGF levels as predictive factors in the progression of proliferative diabetic retinopathy after vitrectomy.

To investigate the vitreous and plasma levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and to determine whether they predict a disease prognosis after primary vitrectomy.Fifty patients (50 eyes) with PDR who underwent pars plana vitrectom...

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Main Authors: Jiaxing Wang, Song Chen, Feng Jiang, Caiyun You, Chunjie Mao, Jinguo Yu, Jindong Han, Zhuhong Zhang, Hua Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199758?pdf=render