Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a predictor of coronary artery disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yamada, Tomohide ^a   Itoi, Takanobu ^a   Kiuchi, Yuka ^a   Nemoto, Mitsuru ^a   Yamashita, Shigeo ^a  

^a JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diabetic retinopathy; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858752967     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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