Subthreshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation for clinically significant diabetic macular oedema: A three-year follow up

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 640-644

  Sivaprasad, Sobha ^a   Sandhu, Ranjit ^a   Tandon, Anamika ^a   Sayed ahmed, Khalid ^a   Mchugh, Dominic A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic oedema; Diode laser; Micropulse; Subthreshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34848895745     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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