Blindness and laser photocoagulation in patients with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes in Japan

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 726-730

  Sano, H ^a   Nishimura, R ^a   Asao, K ^a   Matsudaira, T ^a   Morimoto, A ^a   Agata, T ^a   Shimizu, H ^a   Tajima, N ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAPAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE;

EID: 66749084662     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.149534     Document Type: Article

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