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THE VALUE OF THE OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL IN SELECTING JUVENILE DIABETICS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY
Author(s) -
SIMONSEN SVEND ERIK
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1980.tb08312.x
Subject(s) - juvenile , medicine , value (mathematics) , diabetic retinopathy , retinopathy , ophthalmology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , biology , mathematics , statistics , genetics
A prospective long‐term study of the predictive value of the oscillatory potential in the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy has been made in 137 diabetics. Follow‐ups 6–8 and 13–15 years later demonstrated that recording the oscillatory potential in juvenile diabetics with a disease duration of more than 5 years is valuable in selecting those at risk of developing proliferative retinopathy within 6 years at any rate. The predictive value of the oscillatory potential is probably more limited in women who later become pregnant.