Open AccessDiabetic macular edema
Author(s) -
Steven J. Marks,
Benjamin P Hale
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nepalese journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-0320
pISSN - 2072-6805
DOI - 10.3126/nepjoph.v7i2.14956
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , diabetic retinopathy , ophthalmology , diabetic macular edema , population , optometry , retinopathy , macular edema , pediatrics , environmental health , retinal , endocrinology
Diabetic retinopathy is a frequent manifestation of long standing diabetes mellitus. According to the World Health Organization diabetes affects nine percent of the adult population worldwide (Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2015). Of all of the common diseases of the eye, diabetic retinopathy has a great impact on the working age population and therefore presents a huge socioeconomic burden in all areas of the world.