Progressive Enlargement of Laser Scars Following Grid Laser Photocoagulation for Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1991, Pages 1549-1551

  Schatz, Howard ^a   Madeira, Daniel ^a   McDonald, H Richard ^a   Johnson, Robert N ^a  

^a ST MARY S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SCAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE REPORT; CICATRIX; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LIGHT COAGULATION; MACULA LUTEA; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0026075103     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1991.01080110085041     Document Type: Article

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