Predicting risk of diabetic retinopathy from retinal vessel analysis: Personalized medicine in transition

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 783-784

  Cheung, Ning ^a,b,c   Wong, Tien Yin ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84862180713     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.727     Document Type: Editorial

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