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Diabetic retinopathy. A guide for diabetes care teams.
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Diabetic retinopathy. A guide for diabetes care teams. By William D Alexander. Pp 62, £14.95. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1998. ISBN 0-632-05171-X.
Fear of eye disease is a major anxiety of individuals with diabetes. Monitoring the eyes of these individuals is a major anxiety of those charged with managing their diabetes. The situation is complicated by the fact that advanced diabetic retinopathy may have no effect on current visual function, but denied timely treatment it is likely to progress to irreversible visual loss. The need for efficient and reliable eye screening is …