Relationship between contrast sensitivity and metabolic control in diabetics with and without retinopathy

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-374

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Lobefalo, Lucio ^a,c   Petitti, Maria T ^a   Mastropasqua, Leonardo ^a   Morgese, Guido ^b   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Gallenga, Pier E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

EID: 0031717293     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899809029936     Document Type: Article

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