Co-morbidity in patients with sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy
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Optimizing Medical Management in Patients with Sight-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy
INTRODUCTION Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness in adults of working age. Patients with sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) often have poor control of modifiable risk factors, including blood pressure and blood glucose. Patients in our eye department with STDR whose diabetes was managed only by their general practitioner (GP) were referred to a diabetes specialist. W...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2001.236