Macrovascular complications as risk factors for diabetic retinopathy - Microvascular and macrovascular complications -

Folia Ophthalmologica Japonica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-10

  Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^a   Kida, Yasuo ^b   Harada, Natsuki ^b   Kikkawa, Ryuichi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Daini Okamoto General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blindness; Ischemic Heart Disease; Life Prognosis; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0034107706     PISSN: 00155667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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