diabetic retinopathy
MONDO:0005266Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names diabetic retinopathy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A chronic, pathological complication associated with diabetes mellitus, where retinal damages are incurred due to microaneurysms in the vasculature of the retina, progressively leading to abnormal blood vessel growth, and swelling and leaking of fluid from blood vessels, resulting in vision loss or blindness.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005266), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.