title: The value of the oscillatory potential in selecting juvenile diabetics at risk of developing proliferative retinopathy.
abstract: A prospective long-term study of the predictive value of the oscillatory potential in the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy has been made in 137 diabetics. Follow-ups 6-8 and 13-15 years later demonstrated that recording the oscillatory potential in juvenile diabetics with a disease duration  of more than 5 years is valuable in selecting those at risk of developing proliferative retinopathy within 6 years at any rate. The predictive value of the oscillatory potentials is probably more limited in women who later become pregnant.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004596:Electroretinography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009991:Oscillometry; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk