Review of the management of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy during pregnancy
Priscilla Peixi Choo, Norshamsiah Md Din, Nooraniah Azmi, Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion
Priscilla Peixi Choo, Norshamsiah Md Din, Nooraniah Azmi, Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion, Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Nooraniah Azmi, Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
Author contributions: Choo PP conducted the literature review, wrote the first draft, and performed plagiarism and grammar checks; Bastion MLC revised the drafts, formatted the article, and directed the writing; Azmi N and Md Din N critically evaluated the writing and made further amendments to it.
Supported by National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia for English Editing, No. GP-K009894 (2015).
Conflict-of-interest statement: Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion has received fees for serving as a speaker and/or an advisory board member for Novartis, Alcon, and Santen. She received fees for serving as a speaker for Bayer and Allergan. She has received research funding from Alcon, Novartis, Santen, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She is an employee of National University of Malaysia. She holds a patent draft (PT/7449/UKM/20) pending for topical insulin eyedrops. Norshamsiah Md Din has received fees for serving as a speaker and/or an advisory board member for Novartis. She receives fees for serving as a speaker for Santen, DKSH, and Novartis. She has received research funding from Allergan. She is an employee of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She holds a patent draft (file no: UKM. IKB. 800–4/1/1960) for the synthetic eye model for cataract surgery simulation. Choo Peixi and Nooraniah Azmi have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Corresponding author: Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion, FRCS, MBBS, Doctor, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia. mae-lynn@ppukm.ukm.edu.my
Received: January 25, 2021
Peer-review started: January 25, 2021
First decision: June 16, 2021
Revised: June 25, 2021
Accepted: August 12, 2021
Article in press: August 12, 2021
Published online: September 15, 2021
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