Handbook of Nutrition, Diet, and the Eye, 2014, p.105-110
2014
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Chapter 11 - Diabetes Mellitus and Glaucoma
- Ist Teil von
- Handbook of Nutrition, Diet, and the Eye, 2014, p.105-110
- Ort / Verlag
- Elsevier Inc
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2014
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness with multiple risk factors, including elevated intraocular pressure, optic nerve head ischemia, nocturnal hypotension, and systemic hypoxia. As diabetes mellitus is a major systemic cause of microvasculopathy with an increasing epidemic in the world, it is important to understand whether our diabetic patients are facing an increased risk of blindness from glaucoma besides the various complications of diabetic retinopathy.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISBN: 0124046061, 9780124017177, 9780124046061, 0124017177DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-401717-7.00011-3Titel-ID: cdi_elsevier_sciencedirect_doi_10_1016_B978_0_12_401717_7_00011_3
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Diabetes mellitus, epidemiology, ganglion cell, glaucoma, pathophysiology