title: [Diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of diabetic eye diseases].
abstract: Diabetes mellitus causes diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy, optical nerve neuropathy, cataract and defects of the eye muscles. The incidence of these defects correlates with duration and quality of the metabolic control. The recommendations of the Austrian Diabetes Association for the diagnosis, the therapeutic measures and requirements for adequate follow-up depending on the stages of the different forms of diabetic eye diseases are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Osterreich.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stur
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kieselbach
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mennel
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Michl
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wedrich
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roden
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical