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Retinal and cerebral microvascular signs and diabetes: the age, gene/environment susceptibility-Reykjavik study.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2008
Qiu Chengxuan, Cotch Mary Frances, Sigurdsson Sigurdur, Garcia Melissa, Klein Ronald, Jonasson Fridbert, Klein Barbara E K, Eiriksdottir Gudny, Harris Tamara B, van Buchem Mark A, Gudnason Vilmundur, Launer Lenore J
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OBJECTIVE: Diabetes increases the risk for microvascular disease. The retina and the brain both have intricate microvascular systems that are developmentally similar. We sought to examine whether microvascular lesions in the retina and in the brain are associated and whether this association differs among people with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The analysis included 4,218 participants of...
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