Is there a relationship between TSH levels and diabetic retinopathy in the Caucasian population?

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ramis, Joana Nicolau ^a   Artigas, Carla Francés ^a   Santiago, M Angeles Alonso ^a   Mañes, Francisco José Vega ^a   Canonge, Rafael Simó ^b   Comas, Lluís Masmiquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SON LLÀTZER   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caucasians; Diabetic retinopathy; Maculopathy; Thyrotropin; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84866526629     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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