The role of vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF) 
in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy

Beata Urban; Jadwiga Peczyńska

Abstract

5/2003 vol. 105

Review article

The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy

Beata Urban ^{1, 2}

,

Jadwiga Peczyńska

Z Kliniki Okulistyki Dziecięcej Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku
Z II Kliniki Chorób Dzieci Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku

Online publish date: 2003/10/21

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AMA

Urban B, Peczyńska J. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica. 2003;105(5):319-321.

APA

Urban, B., & Peczyńska, J. (2003). The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica, 105(5), 319-321.

Chicago

Urban, Beata, and Jadwiga Peczyńska. 2003. "The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy". Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica 105 (5): 319-321.

Harvard

Urban, B., and Peczyńska, J. (2003). The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica, 105(5), pp.319-321.

MLA

Urban, Beata et al. "The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy." Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica, vol. 105, no. 5, 2003, pp. 319-321.

Vancouver

Urban B, Peczyńska J. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica. 2003;105(5):319-321.

The authors present the role of VEGF in microaneurysm formation, blood-retinal barrier breakdown, development of capillary nonperfusion and retinal neovascularization in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Inhibitors of VEGF in treatment of diabetic retinopathy are presented.

Keywords

vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), diabetic retinopathy, neovascularization, VEGF inhibitors

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The role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy

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