Description
diabetic retinopathy: 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.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
DM_HYPOGLYC |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: E1100/E162/E160/E1000, ICD-9: 2510B |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: E1100/E162/E1000/E160, ICD-9: 2510B |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology