CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Oftalmologia from Universidade de São Paulo (1972) and ph.d. at Medicine from Universidade de São Paulo (1988). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Oftalmological surgery, acting on the following subjects: oftalmologia, retina, vítreo, catarata and glaucoma. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Nowadays Brazil has approximately 5 million diabetic patients and it is estimated 11 million in 2025. The direct and indirect costs with the disease represent 5 to 14% of the economic sources Brazilian public health system. United States spends 138 billion dollars per year with diabetes mellitus (DM). One of the most important complication of DM is diabetic retinopathy (DR). It is the mai…
The prediction to year 2010 is that over 221 million people will have diabetes. The economic expenses related to this disease represent around 5 to 14% of the Brazilian Health resources today. Patients who have a tendency for such illness represent a particular challenge to ophthalmologist towards its propensity for early cataract and this particular condition might lead to a bigger risk…
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