Observational study of the development of diabetic macular edema following panretinal (scatter) photocoagulation given in 1 or 4 sittings

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-140

  Brucker, Alexander J ^a,b   Qin, Haijing ^a   Antoszyk, Andrew N ^a   Beck, Roy W ^a   Bressler, Neil M ^a   Browning, David J ^a   Elman, Michael J ^a   Glassman, Adam R ^a   Gross, Jeffrey G ^a   Kollman, Craig ^a   Wells, John A ^a  

^a Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network   (United States)

^b JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANRETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, GAS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 60549112067     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.565     Document Type: Article

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