Rio de Janeiro, 2021. 81p. Dissertação de Mestrado–Departamento de Psicologia,
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Os transtornos de ansiedade afetam …

Purpose: Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible vision
loss in industrialised nations. Based on genetics, as well as proteome analysis of drusen …

Systemic vascular disease, especially hypertension, has been suspected as a risk factor for
some eye diseases including, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration …

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is reported to be one of the leading causes of blindness in the
United States by Center for Disease Prevention and Control. As the estimated prevalence of …

Current treatments for primary open-angle glaucoma, be they medication or surgery, only
manage the symptom of ocular hypertension. They do not address the underlying …

Purpose: The immune cascade is known to contribute to the pathology seen in oxygen
induced retinopathy (OIR), however its exact role is poorly defined. We hypothesised that …

Ischemic diseases such as stroke and proliferative retinopathy are characterized by hypoxia-
driven release of angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) …

Perinatal asphyxia induces retinal lesions, generating ischemic proliferative retinopathy 32
which may result in blindness. Previously, we showed that the nitrergic system was 33 …

La retinopatía diabética (RD), la complicación más frecuente de la diabetes y una de las
principales causas de ceguera, se ha considerado clásicamente como una enfermedad …