EyeconX Ideas! - Retinopathy Provides Window into Chronic Kidney Disease http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=retinopathy-provides-window-into-chronic-kidney-disease The primary role of the retina is to capture light and create sight, but adverse changes to the retina may also signal important alterations to the kidneys. Using photographs of the retina collected from 1820 patients with renal disease, Juan E. Grunwald, MD, from the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine in Philadelphia, and colleagues found a significan... Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:50:13 EDT en