The prevalence of retinopathy in the insulin-requiring diabetic patients of an english country town

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 424-430

  Mc Leod, B K ^a   Thompson, J R ^a   Rosenthal, A R ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RETINA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0023711480     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1988.77     Document Type: Article

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