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Edited by Stephen S. Feman. 287 pp., illustrated. Boston, Blackwell Scientific, 1992. $79.95. ISBN 0-86542-154-4.

Approximately 7 million patients in the United States have been given a diagnosis of diabetes. An additional 6 million may have undiagnosed diabetes. These two groups represent 5 percent of the U.S. population. Since in one study 26 percent of the diabetics who were young at the onset of disease and 36 percent of those who were older at onset had never been examined by an ophthalmologist, it is not surprising that diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States and may be the leading cause of blindness among the working population.

Ocular Problems . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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