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Diabetes Drug Class Linked To Vision-Threatening Complication

Featured on: Science Daily
Publication date: Apr 13, 2009

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a common complication of diabetes that can lead to vision loss. A new study shows that treatment of diabetes with the glitazone class of diabetes drugs is associated with a 'modest' increase in the risk of DME

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