Risk factors associated with diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chatziralli, Irini P ^a   Sergentanis, Theodoros N ^b   Keryttopoulos, Petros ^a   Vatkalis, Nikolaos ^a   Agorastos, Antonis ^a   Papazisis, Leonidas ^a  

^a Veroia General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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EID: 77953764092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-153     Document Type: Article

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