Stable refraction and visual acuity in diabetic patients with variable glucose levels under routine care

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-110

  Agardh, Elisabet ^a   Hellgren, Karl Johan ^a   Bengtsson, Boel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Diabetes; Refraction; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952241022     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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