Ideally, all patients with diabetes would receive their annual eye examination from an ophthalmologist with expertise in diabetic eye disease...

Higher Prevalence of Elevated Albumin Excretion in Youth With Type 2 Than Type 1 Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
Maahs DM, Snively BM, Bell RA, et al. Diabetes Care. 2007 Jul 13; [Epub ahead of print]

Value of Repeated Measures of Nerve Conduction and Quantitative Sensory Testing in a Diabetic Neuropathy Trial
Bird SJ, Brown MJ, Spino C, Watling S, Foyt H. Muscle & Nerve. May 2006.

Comparison of Different Definitions of the Metabolic Syndrome in Relation to Cardiovascular Mortality in European Men and Women
The DECODE Study Group; Qiao Q. Diabetologia. 2006;49:2837-2846.

Screening and Diagnosis Multimedia Activity

Diagnosing metabolic syndrome
Rayaz A Malik, MB ChB, PhD, MRCP

A quick look at the foot can be of great value
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Screening for Neuropathy
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