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Diabetic retinopathy: treating systemic conditions aggressively can save sight
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Diabetic retinopathy: treating systemic conditions aggressively can save sight

Stephen H Sinclair, Richard Malamut, Cherie Delvecchio and Weiye Li
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, v 72(5), pp 447-454
May 2005
PMID: 15929458

Abstract

Blindness - prevention & control Diabetic Retinopathy - diagnosis Diabetic Retinopathy - therapy Disease Progression Humans Hyperlipidemias - therapy Hypertension - therapy Sleep Apnea Syndromes - therapy
To control diabetic retinopathy, we need not only to detect it promptly, but also to manage common systemic comorbid conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, anemia, obstructive sleep apnea, and smoking--all of which tend to accelerate its course and increase its severity.

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