The primary care physician's role in preventing vision loss and blindness in patients with diabetes

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-283

  Ammary Risch, Neyal J ^a   Huang, Suber S ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ophthalmic

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; VASCULOTROPIN;

BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79956155949     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30288-1     Document Type: Review

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