Diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem of Thailand. A major complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic retinopathy, which is a common cause of visual loss and blindness in diabetic patients. The physician plays a most important role in management for referring diabetic patients to ophthalmol...

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Main Author: A Kittantong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Prince of Songkla University 2006-04-01
Series:Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
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Online Access:https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/566
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spelling doaj-cd4295c4c47544eebd5c23be918f903e2020-11-25T02:29:35ZengPrince of Songkla UniversityJournal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)2586-99812630-05592006-04-01242127132580Diabetic retinopathyA Kittantong0Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110,Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem of Thailand. A major complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic retinopathy, which is a common cause of visual loss and blindness in diabetic patients. The physician plays a most important role in management for referring diabetic patients to ophthalmologists for an eye examination and advising them on controlling blood sugar to slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy.https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/566diabetes mellitusdiabetic retinopathy
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Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
diabetes mellitus
diabetic retinopathy
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author_sort A Kittantong
title Diabetic retinopathy
title_short Diabetic retinopathy
title_full Diabetic retinopathy
title_fullStr Diabetic retinopathy
title_full_unstemmed Diabetic retinopathy
title_sort diabetic retinopathy
publisher Prince of Songkla University
series Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
issn 2586-9981
2630-0559
publishDate 2006-04-01
description Diabetes mellitus is a major health problem of Thailand. A major complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic retinopathy, which is a common cause of visual loss and blindness in diabetic patients. The physician plays a most important role in management for referring diabetic patients to ophthalmologists for an eye examination and advising them on controlling blood sugar to slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy.
topic diabetes mellitus
diabetic retinopathy
url https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/566
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