Pretreatment of posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide has beneficial effects for grid pattern photocoagulation against diffuse diabetic macular oedema

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-454

  Shimura, Masahiko ^a   Nakazawa, Toru ^b   Yasuda, Kanako ^a   Shiono, Takashi ^c   Nishida, Kohji ^b  

^a NTT East Tohoku Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Shiono Eye Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247183571     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.106336     Document Type: Article

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