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. 1980 Oct;90(4):519-24.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)75022-6.

Pregnancy and diabetic retinopathy

G P Johnston

Pregnancy and diabetic retinopathy

G P Johnston. Am J Ophthalmol. 1980 Oct.

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy can be expected to progress during the term of pregnancy. A retrospective study indicated that photocoagulation was successful in preserving vision in 70 to 80% of 30 pregnant diabetic patients as well as in a similar group of nonpregnant patients with juvenile-onset diabetes. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy, in and of itself, is not an absolute indication for therapeutic abortion.

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