Color Doppler imaging of the retrobulbar vessels in diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes is a metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose level due to impaired insulin secretion and activity. Chronic hyperglycemia leads to functional disorders of numerous organs and to their damage. Vascular lesions belong to the most common late complications of diabetes. Micr...

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Main Authors: Magdalena Pauk-Domańska, Dorota Walasik-Szemplińska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 2014-03-01
Series:Journal of Ultrasonography
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Online Access:http://jultrason.pl/index.php/issues/volume-14-no-56/color-doppler-imaging-of-the-retrobulbar-vessels-in-diabetic-retinopathy?aid=222