Diabetic Retinopathy: a New Approach to Drug Treatment

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy is a basic microvascular complication of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness in the adult population. A review of the literature on this pathology, a relatively new approach to medical treatment of this complication of diabetes.

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V. I. Pankiv

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V. I. Pankiv (2014). Diabetic Retinopathy: a New Approach to Drug Treatment. Міжнародний ендокринологічний журнал, 3(59), 93-96. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-226908