Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1992: Nondepartmental witnessesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 1056 pages |
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The facts are that diabetes is : The leading discase causing blindness in working - age Americans . The leading cause of non - traumatic amputations due to gangrene caused by nerve and blood vessel damage . The single leading cause of ...
The facts are that diabetes is : The leading discase causing blindness in working - age Americans . The leading cause of non - traumatic amputations due to gangrene caused by nerve and blood vessel damage . The single leading cause of ...
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cause of the limitations of time we were able to schedule only the first 150 such individuals and organizations who wrote us . I regret that we cannot hear everyone . The committee has made it known to those who did not make the cutoff ...
cause of the limitations of time we were able to schedule only the first 150 such individuals and organizations who wrote us . I regret that we cannot hear everyone . The committee has made it known to those who did not make the cutoff ...
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One of the major success stories of NEI , in fact I would say NIH , research is the prevention of blindness caused by diabetes . Diabetic retinopathy damages blood vessels that nourish the retina . It is the major cause of career ...
One of the major success stories of NEI , in fact I would say NIH , research is the prevention of blindness caused by diabetes . Diabetic retinopathy damages blood vessels that nourish the retina . It is the major cause of career ...
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Diabetic retinopathy , an ocular complication of diabetes caused by a deterioration of blood vessels that nourish the retina , is the major cause of career - disrupting sight loss and blindness among Americans today .
Diabetic retinopathy , an ocular complication of diabetes caused by a deterioration of blood vessels that nourish the retina , is the major cause of career - disrupting sight loss and blindness among Americans today .
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The leading irreversible cause of blindness in the white population is age - related macular degeneration , whereas for black Americans it is glaucoma or high pressure in the eye . Significant impairment inflicts 3.5 percent of blacks ...
The leading irreversible cause of blindness in the white population is age - related macular degeneration , whereas for black Americans it is glaucoma or high pressure in the eye . Significant impairment inflicts 3.5 percent of blacks ...
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