Mixed messages on systemic therapies for diabetic retinopathy/Authors' reply

[...] why did intensive glycaemic control not prevent the primary composite microvascular outcome in the overall study,1 but slow progression of diabetic retinopathy in the ACCORD-Eye substudy? [...] ACCORD did not find intensive blood pressure control to be useful in reducing progression of diabeti...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2010-10, Vol.376 (9751), p.1461
Main Authors: Lim, Laurence Shen, Liew, Gerald, Cheung, Ning, Mitchell, Paul, Wong, Tien Y, Sauerhöfer, Sibylle Jenny, Lammert, Alexander, Köppel, Hannes, Hammes, Hans-Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K, Ismail-Beigi, F, Craven, T, Genuth, S, Hramiack, I, Karl, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood pressure
Clinical medicine
Colleges & universities
Diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy
Field study
Mortality
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Summary:[...] why did intensive glycaemic control not prevent the primary composite microvascular outcome in the overall study,1 but slow progression of diabetic retinopathy in the ACCORD-Eye substudy? [...] ACCORD did not find intensive blood pressure control to be useful in reducing progression of diabetic retinopathy.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X