Incidence of blindness in relation to diabetes: A population-based study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1147-1153

  Trautner, Christoph ^a   Icks, Andrea ^a   Haastert, Burkhard ^a   Plum, Frank ^b   Berger, Michael ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM KREFELD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; REGISTER; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1842408363     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.7.1147     Document Type: Article

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