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A non-healing corneal ulcer as the presenting feature of type 1 diabetes mellitus: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Diabetic keratopathy is a rare complication of diabetes mellitus. This case illustrates the importance of checking blood sugar levels of patients with non-healing corneal ulcers to rule out the possibility of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the unusual case...

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Autores principales: Ioannidis, Alexander S, Zagora, Sofia L, Wechsler, Alfred W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3227724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22051138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-539