Screening for diabetic retinopathy in adults with learning disability: current uptake and adjustments to facilitate equality of access.
Accessible summary People with learning disabilities who develop diabetes should be offered photograph tests of their eyes each year. People with learning disabilities who develop diabetes should have the same access to services as other people. This study looked at people with learning disabilities...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 62 - 66 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2015
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