Purpose: There are few data on the effect of serum lipids on microvascular disease. This study assessed the relationships between serum lipid levels and microvascular disease, as seen in the retina, among participants...
Background: We report on a patient with Graves’disease with radiation retinop athy caused by low-dose irradiation and antithyroid drug-induced antineutrophi l cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-positive vasculitis. Case: A ...
Context: Congestive heart failure (CHF) affects a substantial proportion of ad ults including those without preexisting coronary heart disease. The pathogenesi s of CHF is uncertain, but microvascular disease has been...
Objective: To determine the relationship between tight blood pressure (BP) control and the different aspects of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Setting: Nineteen hospital- based cl...
Purpose We evaluated the frequency o f long-term compli-cations of orbital irradiation(radiation-induced tumors,cataract,and retinopathy)in comparison with glucocorti-coids.Design We conducted a follow-up study in a c...