Diabetic Retinopathy

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Ebook en format PDF. Disponible pour téléchargement immédiat après la commande.

Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2017

ISBN-13: 9782923830445

Approximately 2.4 million Canadians suffer from diabetes and are likely to develop diabetic retinopathy. This disease of the retina caused by diabetes affects 99 percent of people with type 1 diabetes and 60 percent of those with type 2 diabetes in the first 20 years after the onset of diabetes. Early detection has thus become a major issue in the fight against diabetic retinopathy, especially since very effective treatments are available that can not only slow progression of the disease but also even restore lost vision.

Writen by a popular scientific writer in collaboration specialized canadian doctors, this book covers all aspects of the disease :

- The different forms and symptoms of diabetic retinopathy

- Known causes and risk factors

- Diagnostic tests

- Prevention and treatment

- Daily living with diabetic retinopathy

- Treatments of the future

- 25 most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about diabetic retinopathy

- Useful addresses