Effectiveness of screening in preventing blindness due to diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 186-190

  Arun, C S ^a   Ngugi, N ^a   Lovelock, L ^b   Taylor, R ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Newcastle Diabetes Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Diabetic retinopathy; Incidence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BLINDNESS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0037351864     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.t01-1-00899.x     Document Type: Article

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