Effect of laser photocoagulation on the retinal vessel diameter in branch and macular vein occlusion

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 987-991

  Maár, Noémi ^a   Luksch, Alexandra ^a   Graebe, Alice ^a   Ergun, Erdem ^a   Wimpissinger, Barbara ^a   Tittl, Michael ^a   Vécsei, Pia ^a   Stur, Michael ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VISUAL ACUITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RETINAL VESSELS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3342940161     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.7.987     Document Type: Article

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