PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Hoogwerf, Byron J.
AU  - Z. Nicholas Zakov
TI  - Managing diabetic retinopathy
DP  - 1990 Oct 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 609--612
VI  - 57
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/7/609.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/7/609.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1990 Oct 01; 57
AB  - Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness. The disease is more likely in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and the incidence is higher in diabetes of long duration. In background diabetic retinopathy, the vascular changes are confined to the retina; in proliferative retinopathy, vessels grow onto the posterior vitreous surface or wedge between the retina and the vitreous. Diagnostic accuracy is more likely with an ophthalmologic consultation. A team approach between the ophthalmologist and the primary care physician is recommended for effective overall management of these patients.