Original Article

Ocular Findings In Juvenile Diabetics

Authors: JOSEPH E. FRYDMAN M.D., HARRY K. DELCHER M.D., JON P. TIERNEY M.D., JOSEPH C. SHIPP M.D.

Abstract

No evidence of elevation of intraocular pressure or frank diabetic retinopathy was found on ophthalmoscopic examination of a group of 65 juvenile diabetics, 4 of whom had the disease for 10 years or more, attending a diabetic camp. These findings support the view that the development of ocular complications in diabetes is related to the duration of rather than to the severity of the disease or age at onset.

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