The importance of fluorescein angiography in planning laser treatment of diabetic macular edema

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2068-2073

  Kylstra, Jan A ^a   Brown, Justin C ^a   Jaffe, Glenn J ^b   Cox, Terry A ^b,c   Gallemore, Ron ^b   Greven, Craig M ^d   Hall, James G ^e   Eifrig, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; LASER SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033511521     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90485-2     Document Type: Article

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