Fluorescein angiography in diabetic children. A follow-up.
The present study is a fluorescein angiographic follow-up of 60 diabetic children (aged 12 -- 16 years). At the follow-up, with two-thirds of the children in pubescence, fluorescein angiography revealed diabetic retinopathy in 10 (17%) of the children. The results indicate puberty as a probable determining factor influencing the onset of the diabetic retinopathy.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000473:pathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty