Cataracts Risk Associated With Statins

Friday, August 10, 2012

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A new study, appearing in the August issue of Optometry and Vision Science , has found that patients might have an increased risk of developing age-related cataracts if they use cholesterol-lowering statin drugs.

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Which of the following is false regarding the development of diabetic retinopathy?
1. The earliest vascular abnormality is the loss of retinal capillary intramural pericytes.
2. Microaneurysm formation is the earliest clinical sign of diabetic retinopathy.
3. Microaneurysm formation typically occurs on the arteriolar side of the retinal vasculature.
4. Basement membrane thickening is
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