title: [Diabetic retinopathy: medical-legal implications and statistical assessment of 341 type 1 and 2 diabetic patients].
abstract: As a result of its asymptomatic nature and its aetiopathogenesis, still unclear in its multifactorial complexity, DR-related blindness has a growing socioeconomic impact in industrialized countries. In this study, the authors performed a statistical analysis on a group of 341 type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients with special consideration to the medico-legal implications of this serious ocular disease.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italia. crigiust@tin.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giusti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies