Blindness in patients with diabetes who have been screened for eye disease

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-169

  Rhatigan, M C ^a,b   Leese, G P ^a   Ellis, J ^a   Ellingford, A ^a   Morris, A D ^a   Newton, R W ^a   Roxburgh, S T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Diabetes; Photography; Retinopathy; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REGISTRATION; SCREENING; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032897429     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.44     Document Type: Article

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