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The commonest cause of blindness in young and middle-aged people in the Western world is diabetes mellitus.

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© 1984 E. E. Kritzinger and K. G. Taylor

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Kritzinger, E.E., Taylor, K.G. (1984). Introduction. In: Diabetic Eye Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6344-6_1

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