Diabetes & metabolic syndrome
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November 2017
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Diabetes Metab Syndr · Nov 2017
The relationship between diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy in Sudanese adult with diabetes: population based study.
Diabetic nephropathy is responsible for nearly third of the world cases of end stage renal disease; it becomes a major public health problem with social and economic burden. The aim of this study is to explore if there is an association between retinopathy and nephropathy. ⋯ Almost third of diabetic patients developed nephropathy, significant association between nephropathy and development of retinopathy was found.