Sickle cell trait and diabetic retinopathy.
The presence of sickle cell trait and the prevalence and severity of retinopathy were assessed in 124 Negro diabetics. Sickle cell trait had no adverse effect on diabetic retinopathy.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology