Transscleral vs transpupillary diode laser photocoagulation for the treatment of threshold retinopathy of prematurity

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1270-1275

  Seiberth, Volker ^a,b   Linderkamp, Otwin ^a   Vardarli, Imren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MarienHospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0030865840     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160440008     Document Type: Article

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