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What are the stages in Diabetic Retinopathy?

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These retinal changes may initially be symptomless which eventually lead to blindness. The disease is divided into four stages based on examination of retina through investigations, and with the stage of retinal involvement we have,

 preclinical

 nonproliferative

 proliferative

 late proliferative


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Posted by:  kelkar(Guest)  Posted on: 01/14/2011
Examination is not prevention. the article dose not answer the question it posed in the heading, How to prevent Diabetic Retinopathy?



Posted by:  mihir1978  Posted on: 08/31/2008
Here is a good site to know more about diabetic retinopathy




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