Moderate-to-severe diabetic retinopathy is more prevalent in Mexico City than in San Antonio, Texas

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 773-777

  Villalpando, Maria Elena González ^a   Villalpando, Clicerio González ^a,d   Pérez, Beatriz Arredondo ^a   Díaz, Sandra Virginia Martínez ^a   Mitchell, Braxton ^a   Martínez, David Rivera ^a   Klein, Ronald ^b   Haffner, Steven M ^c   Stern, Michael P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Centro de Estudios en Diabetes Mexico City   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030922533     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.5.773     Document Type: Article

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