Evaluation of serum vitamin D and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness among type 2 diabetes mellitus patient with non proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Introduction: Retinal neurodegeneration has been postulated to be an early ocular diabetic change, preceded microangiopathy in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Other than calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism, vitamin D is found to serve as neuroprotection and prevention of angiogenes...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/51088/1/Dr.%20Tan%20Boon%20Hooi-24%20pages.pdf |