Laser treatment in diabetic retinopathy [PDF]
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in developed countries due to macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). For both complications laser treatment may offer proven therapy: the Diabetic Retinopathy
Ulbig, Michael W. +3 more
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Delay in diabetic retinopathy screening increases the rate of detection of referable diabetic retinopathy. [PDF]
AIMS: To assess whether there is a relationship between delay in retinopathy screening after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and level of retinopathy detected.
Stratton, I. M. +8 more
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus and is a major cause of vision loss in middle-aged and elderly people. One-third of people with diabetes have DR. Severe stages of DR include proliferative DR, caused by the abnormal growth of new retinal blood vessels, and diabetic macular oedema, in which there is exudation and ...
Wong, Tien Y +4 more
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The influence of background diabetic retinopathy in the second eye on rates of progression of diabetic retinopathy between 2005 and 2010. [PDF]
PURPOSE: The Gloucestershire Diabetic Eye Screening Programme offers annual digital photographic screening for diabetic retinopathy to a countywide population of people with diabetes.
Chave, Steve J. +16 more
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Diabetic retinopathy at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in Scotland [PDF]
The prevalence of retinopathy at first screening is lower than in previous UK studies, consistent with earlier diagnosis of diabetes. Most newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in Scotland are screened within an acceptable interval and the prevalence ...
Lee, N +56 more
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Current and new concepts in the diagnosis and management of diabetic macular oedema [PDF]
Diabetic macular oedema, which can cause rapid visual deterioration, may not have early warning signs at times. Assessment of diabetic retinal complications is made chiefly by clinical examination combined with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and ...
Jyothi, Sreedhar
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MicroRNAs as biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy and disease progression
Diabetes mellitus, together with its complications, has been increasing in prevalence worldwide. Its complications include cardiovascular disease (e.g., myocardial infarction, stroke), neuropathy, nephropathy, and eye complications (e.g., glaucoma ...
Bridget Martinez, Philip V Peplow
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Screening attendance, age group and diabetic retinopathy level at first screen [PDF]
AIMS: To report on the relationships between age at diagnosis of diabetes, time from registration with the screening programme to first diabetic eye screening and severity of diabetic retinopathy.
Bachmann, M.O. +25 more
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Comparison of two reference standards in validating two field mydriatic digital photography as a method of screening for diabetic retinopathy [PDF]
AIM: To compare two reference standards when evaluating a method of screening for referable diabetic retinopathy. METHOD: Clinics at Oxford and Norwich Hospitals were used in a two centre prospective study of 239 people with diabetes receiving an ...
Downes, S +6 more
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Ethnic variations in the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in people with diabetes attending screening in the United Kingdom (DRIVE UK). [PDF]
AIMS: To compare the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in people of various ethnic groups with diabetes in the United Kingdom (UK). METHODS: The Diabetic Retinopathy In Various Ethnic groups in UK (DRIVE UK) Study is a cross-sectional study on the ...
Gulliford Martin C. +22 more
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