Is age a risk factor for diabetic retinopathy?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1268-

  Tan, Colin Siang Hui ^a   Gay, Edwin Ming Quan ^a,b   Ngo, Wei Kiong ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SINGAPORE; AGE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956566763     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.169326     Document Type: Letter

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