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The IGF-Axis and Diabetic Retinopathy Before and After Gastric Bypass Surgery.

Troels BrynskovCaroline Schmidt LaugesenAndrea Karen FloydJan FrystykTorben Lykke Sørensen
Published in: Obesity surgery (2017)
In obese T2D patients, bioactive IGF is a potential biomarker for DR and levels tended to increase 3 months after bariatric surgery. IGFBP-1 increased while IGFBP-3 and total IGF-II decreased postoperatively, but these changes were unassociated with the development of DR. Markers of the metabolic syndrome improved.
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