CCRE IN CLINICAL SCIENCE IN DIABETES - 454461 - BEST 2007

Abstract

Diabetes affects over one million Australians and is an increasing health problem in Australia and worldwide. Diabetes can damage small blood vessels, harming the kidneys and eyes and large blood vessels leading to heart attack, stroke and leg amputation. The research team leading this Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) has wide experience in diabetes research and includes experts in diabetes management in hospitals and in the community setting of general practice. There is special expertise in eye disease and in dietary management of diabetes. The research team will conduct research into diabetes, both type 1 diabetes, which usual starts in childhood, and type 2 diabetes that ge..

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Feasibility of screening for diabetic retinopathy at an Australian pathology collection service: a pilot study

Melanie F Larizza, Lauren A Hodgson, Eva K Fenwick, Ryo Kawasaki, Ralph Audehm, Jie Jin Wang, Tien Y Wong, Ecosse L Lamoureux

2013-02-04

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility of a novel diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening model using a pathology collection centre (P..