Clinical outcomes following laser photocoagulation treatment for diabetic retinopathy at a large Australian ophthalmic hospital

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-309

  Yi, Qing ^a   Bamroongsuk, Parapun ^a,b   McCarty, Daniel J ^a,c   Mukesh, Bickol N ^a   Harper, C Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Clinical outcomes; Diabetic retinopathy; Photocoagulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141455204     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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