21 Definite hard exudates, soft exudates, or intraretinal microvascular abnormalities in the absence of MAs; retinal hemorrhage without MAs; MAs only without other diabetic lesions 31 MAs and one ...

Other characteristic lesions of the nonproliferative stage are ‘dot and blot' hemorrhages, hard (intraretinal) exudates, macular edema, cotton-wool spots (soft exudates), intraretinal ...