The Potential Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Diabetic Retinopathy in Severe Obesity—The Role of Hypoxemia

BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and may contribute to diabetic microvascular complications. METHODS: To investigate the association between OSA, hypoxemia during sleep, and diabetic retinal complications in severe obesity. This...

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Autores principales: Banerjee, Dev, Leong, Wen Bun, Arora, Teresa, Nolen, Melissa, Punamiya, Vikas, Grunstein, Ron, Taheri, Shahrad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3832592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24260240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079521

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3832592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24260240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079521

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