Open AccessDiabetic cataract in children
Author(s) -
Falck Aura,
Laatikainen Leila
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica scandinavica
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0420
pISSN - 1395-3907
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760223.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , diabetic ketoacidosis , diabetic retinopathy , cataract surgery , retinopathy , ketoacidosis , population , surgery , metabolic control analysis , pediatrics , ophthalmology , type 1 diabetes , endocrinology , environmental health
Adolescent patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) were retrospectively analyzed for the occurrence and possible predisposing factors of diabetic cataract in a population-based series of some 600 pediatric diabetics followed up during the years 1975-1995.