The promise of primary care-based screening for diabetic retinopathy: the devil will be in the details
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The promise of primary care-based screening for diabetic retinopathy: the devil will be in the details
Comment on
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Telemedicine and retinal imaging for improving diabetic retinopathy evaluation.Arch Intern Med. 2012 Nov 26;172(21):1677-8. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4372. Arch Intern Med. 2012. PMID: 23026969 No abstract available.
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