- ►diabetesjournals.org RJ Tapp, JE Shaw, CA Harper, MP de Courten … - Diabetes Care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Overall, 15.3% of those with diabetes had retinopathy. The prevalence
of retinopathy was 21.9% in those with known type 2 diabetes (KDM) and 6.2% in
those newly diagnosed (NDM). The prevalence of proliferative diabetic ... Cited by 71 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] R Klein, BEK Klein - British Medical Journal, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com L ast year an ARVO symposium organ- ised by Tim Kern was titled “Is diabetic
retinopathy an inflamma- tory disease?” It is a timely question. chronic
subclinical inflammation may underlie much of the vascular pathology of ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
PM Dodson - Current Medical Research and Opinion®, 2002 - informahealthcare.com The frequent co-occurrence of hypertension with type 2 diabetes mellitus is well
recognized and the prevalence of hypertension in subjects with type 2 diabetes
is at least twice that of the non-diabetic pop- ulation. Hypertension not ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
H Funatsu, H Yamashita - Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com Despite the beneficial effects of good glycaemic control, loss of vision because
of diabetic retinopathy (DR) still occurs. Recent studies have suggested that
hypertension is a risk factor for the development and progression of DR and ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
H Funatsu, H Yamashita, E Shimizu, T Mimura … - Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2004 - Elsevier The effect of lisinopril (an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor) on
diabetic macular edema (DME) was investigated by quantitative measurement of
macular thickness. In a nonrandomized clinical trial, 19 normotensive type ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - All 9 versions
T da Costa Rodrigues, M Pecis, MJ Azevedo, … - Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2006 - Elsevier DR was observed in 12 patients at baseline. At the end of the study, eight of
these patients had progressed to more advanced stages of retinopathy. Four
patients developed retinopathy after the study began. These patients were ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - All 7 versions
SH Sinclair, R Malamut, C Delvecchio, W Li - Cleve Clin J Med, 2005 - ccjm.org To control diabetic retinopathy, we need not only to detect it promptly, but
also to manage common systemic comorbid conditions such as hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, anemia, obstructive sleep apnea, and smoking—all of which ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 10 versions
M Donaldson, PM Dodson - Eye (London, England), 2003 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Eye. 2003 Jul;17(5):550-62. Medical treatment of diabetic retinopathy. Donaldson
M, Dodson PM. Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
TH Tung, JH Liu, FL Lee, SJ Chen, AF Li, P … - Japanese journal of ophthalmology, 2006 - Springer Generally, it is believed that around one-third of type 2 dia- betic patients
already had DR before it was diagnosed, based on overt symptoms. Harris et al. 2
found that the onset of DR occurred 4 to 7 years before the clinical ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 4 versions
