[Ocular lesions due to diabetes].
The main ophthalmological diabetic complications are reviewed, viz. oculomotor disturbance or deviation, optic neuropathy, rubeosis iridis leading to neovascular glaucoma, cataract, and diabetic retinopathy, which is particularly frequent. A brief overview of these various types is presented. The current methods of treatment, which serve to avoid blindness for most patients, are described.
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Service universitaire d'ophtalmologie, Hôpital Jules Gonin, Lausanne.
D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000628:therapy; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000628:therapy; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000628:therapy; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000628:therapy