Diabetic macular oedema: Pilot randomised trial of pars plana vitrectomy vs macular argon photocoagulation

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 873-881

  Patel, J I ^a,b   Hykin, P G ^a   Schadt, M ^a   Luong, V ^b   Bunce, C ^a   Fitzke, F ^b   Gregor, Z J ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33747065029     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702012     Document Type: Article

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