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MATTHEW D. DAVIS, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1965;74(6):741-751.

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Introduction

Although an extensive literature on various aspects of diabetic retinopathy has accumulated over the years, few studies of the natural course of the proliferative stage have been reported. An excellent summary of previous work is to be found in Larsen's 1960 monograph.¹ More recently, Dobree² has emphasized the characteristic cycle of growth and regression of new vessels in proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and Beetham³ has provided valuable long-term statistics on the rate of progression and degree of visual impairment found in these cases.

The important parts that vitreous shrinkage and detachment play in the course of proliferative diabetic retinopathy apparently have not been widely recognized. Larsen¹ states that he found no discussion of vitreous detachment in his extensive review of the literature on diabetic retinopathy, except for one case described by Hruby.⁴ Larsen describes one characteristic picture of vitreous detachment, that in which fresh hemorrhage . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Madison, Wis

From the Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wis.

Footnotes
Submitted May 12, 1965.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wis 53703.

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