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Prevalence of visual impairment and severity of diabetic retinopathy in various ethnic groups in the UK [PDF]
, 2011 Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of visual impairment (VI) in the working population. Minor ethnic groups are at increased risk of diabetes.
Gupta, Bhaskar
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1998 Summary Diabetic retinopathy is the commonest cause of blindness amongst individuals of working age. The onset of retinopathy is variable. Regular ophthalmic screening is essential in order to detect treatable lesions early. Retinal laser therapy is highly effective in slowing the progression of retinopathy and in preventing blindness ...
D A, Infeld, J G, O'Shea
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Journal of Medical Screening, 1996 Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of loss of vision in the United States. Results of recent population-based studies and randomized controlled clinical trials suggest that glycemic control can lower the incidence and prevent the progression of retinopathy and loss of vision associated with diabetes.
A D, Penman, M M, Engelgau
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Vessel identification in diabetic retinopathy [PDF]
Diabetic retinopathy is the single largest cause of sight loss and blindness in 18 to 65 year olds. Screening programs for the estimated one to six per- cent of the diabetic population have been demonstrated to be cost and sight saving, howeverthere are ...
Teng, Thomas Bart
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Medicine, 2010 Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the working-age population in the UK. Despite the available treatments, many patients present late in the course of the disease when treatment is more difficult. If diabetic retinopathy is detected, tightening of the modifiable risk factors (e.g.
Mitchell, P, Cheung, N, Wong, TY
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IJRETINA (International Journal of Retina), 2021 Introduction Apolipoprotein A1 are antiatherogenic in blood serum and have an anti-inflammatory while Apolipoprotein B describes a protein structure that is potentially atherogenic..
shabrina hanifah +4 more
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Journal of Diabetes Research, 2021 Aims/Introduction. To investigate whether the occurrence of early worsening of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes diagnosed with simple or preproliferative diabetic retinopathy at their first visit differed according to HbA1c reduction
Sayaka Wakabayashi Sugawa +6 more
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BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 2020 Introduction To evaluate the effects of intravitreal aflibercept injection on retinal nonperfusion in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) using ultrawide field (UWF) fluorescein angiography (FA).Research design and methods Thirty-eight eyes of 38 ...
Young Hee Yoon +2 more
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Home Health Care Intervention for Diabetic Retinopathy Patients and their Caregivers to Improve Patients` Quality of Life [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2017 The aim of this study was to evaluate home health care intervention for diabetic retinopathy patients and their caregivers to improve patients` quality of life. Design: A quasi- experimental design was utilized.
Hanaa Abd El-Gawad Abd El-Megeed +2 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1984 Involvement of the retinal microvascular vessels is an almost inevitable consequence of long standing diabetes. In the only large scale epidemiology study of a Caucasian population Klein et al. found some degree of retinopathy in up to 97% of patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) after about 15 years diabetes duration and in about 60%
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