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Structural and functional retinal abnormalities in type 2 diabetes with obstructive sleep apnea

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Acknowledgments

This study was not supported by any funding.

We would like to duly acknowledge Dr. Ramnatha Iyer (MD), Consultant Physician and Consultant Sleep Medicine, Dombivli (East), District Thane, Maharashtra, India, for giving us the idea for conducting such a study.

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  1. Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal services, 18 College Road, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, 600 006, India

    Rajiv Raman & Sangeetha Srinivasan

  2. Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences, Chennai, India

    Ramakrishnan Nagarajan

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Raman, R., Srinivasan, S. & Nagarajan, R. Structural and functional retinal abnormalities in type 2 diabetes with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Breath 20, 1005–1007 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-016-1342-z

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