Editorial of the Special Issue "Molecular Research and Recent Advances in Diabetic Retinopathy"

Tomislav Bulum^{1

2}, Martina Tomić³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
² School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Šalata 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Merkur University Hospital, Dugi dol 4a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Editorial

Tomislav Bulum et al. Biomedicines. 2024.

. 2024 Aug 16;12(8):1879.

doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12081879.

Tomislav Bulum^{1

2}, Martina Tomić³

¹ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
² School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Šalata 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Merkur University Hospital, Dugi dol 4a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Abstract

Despite increasing awareness of diabetes and its devastating complications, it remains the most rapidly escalating global health issue [...].

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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