title: [The influence of refraction on diabetic retinopathy (author's transl)].
abstract: Two groups of patients with diabetic retinopathy were tested by refraction. Patients with advanced retinopathy and those with early diabetic retinopathy had about the same propor-tion of refractive errors as the normal population. The only important difference was seen in middle- and high myopic eyes, which occurred less frequently when diabetic retinopathy was present. Illustrated from 4 cases of high myopia the inhibitory influence of diabetic retinopathy on the formation of shortsightedness is shown. Possible causes for this are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D009216:Myopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012029:Refraction, Ocular
vernacular_title: Der Einfluss der Refraktion auf die Retinopathia diabetica