Refractive errors in type 2 diabetic patients

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Mwale, C ^a   Karimurio, J ^b,c   Njuguna, M ^a  

^a Mansa General Hospital   (Zambia)

^b Department of Community Eye Health Training ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39749087476     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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