Reduced incidence of blindness in relation to diabetes mellitus in southern Germany?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1138-1143

  Genz, J ^a   Scheer, M ^a   Trautner, C ^b   Zollner I ^c   Giani, G ^a   Icks, A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OSTFALIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Baden Württemberg State Health Office ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

blindness; diabetes; incidence rate; population based studies; relative risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956802615     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03081.x     Document Type: Article

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