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Biennial Screening Enough to Guard Against Diabetic Blindness
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Title Biennial Screening Enough to Guard Against Diabetic Blindness
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567915?src=rss
Description Biennial rather than annual eye screening in patients with diabetes without retinopathy is effective and does not lead to any undue delay in treatment, Icelandic researchers report in the December issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Date Dec 27, 2007
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