Intravitreal Triamcinolone plus Sequential Grid Laser versus Triamcinolone or Laser Alone for Treating Diabetic Macular Edema. Six-Month Outcomes

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b   Chan, Carmen K M ^a,b   Mohamed, Shaheeda ^a,b   Lai, Timothy Y Y ^a,b   Lee, Vincent Y W ^a,c   Liu, David T L ^a,c   Li, Kenneth K W ^a,d   Li, Patrick S H ^a,d   Shanmugam, Mahesh P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36549047019     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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