Aqueous flare and macular edema in eyes with diabetic retinopathy

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-52

  Jandrasits, Kerstin ^a   Krepler, Katharina ^a   Wedrich, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aqueous flare; Diabetic retinopathy; Grid photocoagulation; Macular edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LASER FLARE CELL METER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037269076     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068246     Document Type: Article

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