Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in mainland China: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Although diabetic retinopathy (DR) is considered to be a major cause of blindness, this is the first meta-analysis to investigate the pooled prevalence of DR in mainland China. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We conducted a search of all English reports on population-based studies for th...

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Main Authors: Lei Liu, Xiaomei Wu, Limin Liu, Jin Geng, Zhe Yuan, Zhongyan Shan, Lei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3447927?pdf=render