Mayombian ethnic, vegetables low intake, insulin treatment, diabetic nephropathy and severe diabetic retinopathy are determinants of blindness in diabetic Africans

Mayombian ethnic, vegetables low intake, insulin treatment, diabetic nephropathy and severe diabetic retinopathy are determinants of blindness in diabetic Africans

<b>AIM</b>:To determine the frequency and causes of blindness in diabetic Africans.<b>METHODS</b>:The study was a cross-sectional survey carried out among known black diabetics consecutively admitted at the Teaching Hospital, University of Kinshasa, between 2005 and 2007. Exa...

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Main Authors: Mvitu Muaka Moise, Longo-Mbenza Benjamin, Cibanda Yokobo Enoch, Longo Phemba Igor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2013-10-01
Series:International Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
diabetes mellitus
blindness
ethnicity
Mayombe
diabetic retinopathy
insulin treatment
Africans
Online Access:http://www.ijo.cn/en_publish/2013/5/20130533.pdf

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