New Developments in the Classification, Pathogenesis, Risk Factors, Natural History, and Treatment of Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

For years, branch retinal vein occlusion is still a controversial disease in many aspects. An increasing amount of data is available regarding classification, pathogenesis, risk factors, natural history, and therapy of branch retinal vein occlusion. Some of the conclusions may even change our impres...

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Published inJournal of ophthalmology Vol. 2017; no. 2017; pp. 1 - 18
Main Authors Liu, Qing-huai, Fang, Wangyi, Shuai, Yuanlu, Paulus, Yannis M., Li, Jia, Yuan, Songtao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2017
Hindawi
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
Subjects
Care and treatment
Compression therapy
Cytokines
Disease
Edema
Hematology
Hypertension
Hypoxia
Ischemia
Medical imaging
Pathogenesis
Permeability
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Prognosis
Proteins
Retinal diseases
Review
Risk factors
Vascular endothelial growth factor
Veins & arteries
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Summary:For years, branch retinal vein occlusion is still a controversial disease in many aspects. An increasing amount of data is available regarding classification, pathogenesis, risk factors, natural history, and therapy of branch retinal vein occlusion. Some of the conclusions may even change our impression of branch retinal vein occlusion. It will be beneficial for our doctors to get a deeper understanding of this disease and improve the treatment skills. The aims of this review is to collect the information above and report new ideas especially from the past a few years.
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Academic Editor: Paolo Lanzetta
ISSN:2090-004X
2090-0058
DOI:10.1155/2017/4936924