Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches
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Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease defined by elevated blood glucose (BG). DM is a global epidemic and the prevalence is anticipated to continue to increase. The ocular complications of DM negatively impact the quality of life and carry an extremely high economic burden. While systemic control of BG can slow the ocular complications they cannot stop them, especially if clinical sympt...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2016/3801570