Diabetic Retinopathy and its Correlation with Thyroid Profile and Anti Thyroid Antibodies
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus and the eye diseases associated with it comprise a set of complex disorder with multi factorial etiology.1 Diabetic retinopathy ( DR ) is the most common complication of DM. It is seen that patients having DR are 25 times more at risk of blindness than an non diabetic individual.2 Subclinical hypothyroidism ( SCH ) is a common endocrine disorder and characterized as elevated TSH levels in the presence of serum free thyroxine (FT4) and tri – iodothyronine ( T3 ) levels within reference range. Purpose Of Study: To diagnose and accurately grade diabetic retinopathy, investigate associations of thyroid hormones and anti thyroid antibodies with diabetic retinopathy. Method: All patients being referred to the retina clinic, Institute of Ophthalmology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U. , Aligarh from Rajiv Gandhi Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, of the same hospital , which come under the inclusion criteria for the study “Diabetic Retinopathy and its correlation with Thyroid profile and Anti Thyroid antibodies” .
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Ahmed A, Waris A, Naheed A, Anjum A
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