Summary:
The pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy is still unclear.
The relative role of duration of diabetes have been
thought to be factor associated with diabetic retinopathy.
A total number of 91 diabetic subjects, diabetes diagnosed
before the age of 30 years, was recruited from the outpatient
department, BIRDEM Hospital. Diabetic subjects
recruited were sub grouped according to the duration of
diabetes and presence of diabetic retinopathy was