Associations of diabetic retinopathy with retinal neurodegeneration on the background of diabetes mellitus. Overview of recent medical studies with an assessment of the impact on healthcare
systems

Muc Rafał; Saracen Agnieszka; Grabska-Liberek Iwona

doi:10.1515/med-2018-0008

Open Medicine (Apr 2018)

Associations of diabetic retinopathy with retinal neurodegeneration on the background of diabetes mellitus. Overview of recent medical studies with an assessment of the impact on healthcare systems

Muc Rafał,
Saracen Agnieszka,
Grabska-Liberek Iwona

Affiliations

Muc Rafał: Faculty of Health Sciences and Physical Education, K. Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Radom, Poland
Saracen Agnieszka: Faculty of Health Sciences and Physical Education, K. Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Radom, Poland
Grabska-Liberek Iwona: Ophthalmology Clinic Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education Warsaw, WarsawPoland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2018-0008
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 130 – 136

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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the biggest healthcare and financial problems worldwide. The disease is strongly associated with microvascular and macrovascular complications, causing co-existing diseases like Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetic Neuropathy and Diabetic Nephropathy. Annual healthcare expenditures for diabetes treatment and complications prevention cost 727 billion USD in year 2017.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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