title: Sickle cell trait and diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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