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Sleep Apnea May Accelerate Diabetic Retinopathy

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STOCKHOLM — Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) had a significantly greater risk of progression and complications in patients who also had obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a large propensity-matched cohort study showed. In patients with existing NPDR, OSA increased the likelihood of progression to proliferative DR by 75% at 1 year as compared with patients who had […]

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Publish date : 2024-07-21 18:41:55

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