Vessel damage may precede diabetic retinopathy, researchers find
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 11:21
in Health & Medicine
For many years, scientists believed patients developed retinopathy and, as a result of the damage to the blood vessels, later developed neuropathy. In a new study, however, researchers discovered that the sequence of events occurring in the retina due to diabetes is just the opposite of these long-held beliefs.