Exudative age-related macular degeneration in patients with diabetic retinopathy and its relation to retinal laser photocoagulation

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 872-875

  Zylbermann, Roger ^a   Landau, David ^a   Rozenman, Yaacov ^a   Abrahami, Simon ^b   Pollack, Ayala ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Exudative age related macular degeneration; Laser photocoagulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINOPATHY;

EID: 0031468197     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.224     Document Type: Article

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