| Cover | 1 |
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| Contents | 6 |
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| Preface | 8 |
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| Clinical Presentations and Pathological Correlates of Retinopathy | 10 |
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| Abstract | 10 |
| Morphological Lesions | 11 |
| Pattern of Distribution of Retinopathy Lesions | 23 |
| Visual Impairment in Diabetic Retinopathy | 25 |
| Conclusions | 25 |
| References | 26 |
| Retinal Vascular Permeability in Health and Disease | 29 |
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| Abstract | 29 |
| Physiology of the Retinal Vascular Network | 30 |
| Physiology of the Blood-Retinal Barrier | 30 |
| Molecular Biology of the Blood-Retinal Barrier | 31 |
| Pathophysiology of the Blood-Retinal Barrier Breakdown | 33 |
| Macular Edema | 35 |
| Assays for Studying the Permeability of the Blood-Retinal Barrier | 35 |
| Retinal Diseases Where the Blood-Retinal Barrier Is Impaired | 37 |
| Blood-Retinal Barrier Breakdown and Drug Delivery | 41 |
| Medical and Surgical Treatments for Blood-Retinal Barrier Breakdown | 41 |
| Conclusions | 44 |
| References | 44 |
| In vivo Models of Diabetic Retinopathy | 51 |
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| Abstract | 51 |
| Early Stage of Diabetic Retinopathy, Histopathology | 52 |
| Animal Models of Diabetic Retinopathy | 54 |
| Neovascularization | 63 |
| Conclusions | 63 |
| References | 64 |
| Pericyte Loss in the Diabetic Retina | 70<
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