Diabetic macular oedema: The effect of photocoagulation on fluorescein transport across the blood-retinal barrier

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1139-1142

  Sander, Birgit ^a   Larsen, M ^a   Engler, C ^a   Moldow, B ^a   Lund Andersen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036786292     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.10.1139     Document Type: Article

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