MedGen

Any noninflammatory disease of the retina. This nonspecific term is retained here because of its wide use in the literature, but if possible new annotations should indicate the precise type of retinal abnormality. [from HPO]

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. [from NCI]

Any microvascular complications of diabetes, susceptibility in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the EPO gene. [from MONDO]

Any microvascular complications of diabetes, susceptibility in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the PON1 gene. [from MONDO]

Any microvascular complications of diabetes, susceptibility in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the HFE gene. [from MONDO]