Diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy in Fiji: Comparison with data from an Australian diabetes centre

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

  Brooks, Belinda ^a   Chong, Robert ^a   Ho, Ivan ^a   Capstick, Fiona ^a   Molyneaux, Lynda ^a   Oo, Than T ^d   Tester, Malcolm ^c   Yue, Dennis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Lautoka Hospital   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Complications; Health care; Nephropathy; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FIJI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FIJI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 17944376554     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1999.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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