title: Proliferative retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes of less than 5 years' duration.
abstract: The position statement about diabetic retinopathy postulates that at least 3-5 years of duration of diabetes are needed for the retinopathy to occur, and initial retinal examination should be performed within 3-5 years after the initial diagnosis. We report here the case of a 18 year-old type 1 diabetic woman with a proliferative retinopathy discovered 2 years after the onset of a clinical diabetes. The hypothesis of a Latent Autoimmun Diabetes in Adults (LADA) could not be excluded and we propose, particularly in this context, to detect a diabetic retinopathy at the onset of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Service de Medecine B, Angers, France. BeBouhanick@chu-angers.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bouhanick
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bellanné-Chantelot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guilloteau
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ebran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose