Diabetic retinopathy and ocular co-morbidities among persons with diabetes at sumail hospital of Oman

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 675-679

  Khandekar, Rajiv B ^a   Tirumurthy, Subramanium ^a   Al Harby, Saleh ^a   Moorthy, N S D ^a   Amir, Ikram ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CORNEA OPACITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; VISION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350774068     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2009.0032     Document Type: Review

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