Relationship between diabetic retinopathy severity and the timespan between the endocrinopathy diagnosis and the first ophthalmic examination Relação entre a gravidade da retinopatia diabética e o tempo decorrido entre o diagnóstico da endocrinopatia e o primeiro exame oftalmológico

Relationship between diabetic retinopathy severity and the timespan between the endocrinopathy diagnosis and the first ophthalmic examination Relação entre a gravidade da retinopatia diabética e o tempo decorrido entre o diagnóstico da endocrinopatia e o primeiro exame oftalmológico

Purpose: To investigate whether the time interval between type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) diagnosis and the first fundoscopic examination is related with the presence and the severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR) observed. Methods: A survey of 105 type 2 DM patients referred to ophthalmologic evaluati...

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Main Authors: Rony Carlos Preti, Augusto Alves Lopes Motta, Otacílio de O. Maia Júnior, Celso Morita, Vinícius Paganini Nascimento, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro, Walter Yukihiko Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2010-06-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Diabetes mellitus
Retinopatia diabética
Diabetic retinopathy
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