Blood-retinal barrier permeability and its relation to progression of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes. A four-year follow-up study.

Forty patients with late-onset diabetes (age at diagnosis 30 years or more) and minimal retinopathy as found by fundus photography were followed prospectively by repeated examination (baseline, 1 year, and 4 years). The study shows that early retinopathy changes are not permanent or invariably progr...

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Main Author: Cunha-Vaz, JG (author)
Other Authors: Leite, E (author), Sousa, JC (author), Faria de Abreu, JR (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/837
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/837