The effect of pregnancy on mild diabetic retinopathy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 235, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 437-441

  Hellstedt, Timo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MICROANEURYSM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEURYSM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0030848937     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00947063     Document Type: Article

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