Can optical coherence tomography predict the outcome of laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular edema?

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 478-483

  Estabrook, Elizabeth J ^b   Madhusudhana, Krishnappa C ^a   Hannan, Shabeeba R ^a   Newsom, Richard S B ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38349042071     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20071101-06     Document Type: Article

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