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La retinopatía diabética es una complicación de la diabetes y una de las causas principales de la ceguera. Ocurre cuando la diabetes daña a los pequeños vasos sanguíneos de la retina, que es el tejido sensible a la luz situado en la parte posterior del ojo.

La misma imagen vista por alguien con Retinopatía Diabética
Diabetic Eye Disease

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NEI Website Header Description: Confocal image of rat RPE layer two weeks after laser. A well-defined neovascular membrane labeled with Isolectin Ib4 (red) is detected below proliferating RPE cells (Phalloidin in green). New vessels are growing toward the subretinal space.