Screening for diabetic retinopathy
Margaret Spencer Staff Nurse, Out-Patient Department, West Sussex Ophthalmic Unit, Worthing Hospital
Margaret Spencer describes a cheap and effective means of screening for diabetes-induced eye disease, one of the most common causes of blindness
Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of blindness in people of working age in the modern world, yet treatment is readily available to help arrest eye disease before permanent damage is done (1).
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doi: 10.7748/ns.5.50.52.s53
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