Association of the extent of diabetic macular edema as assessed by optical coherence tomography with visual acuity and retinal outcome variables

Retina

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Browning, David J ^a,f   Apte, Rajendra S ^b   Bressler, Susan B ^c   Chalam, Kakarla V ^d   Danis, Ronald P ^e   Davis, Matthew D ^e   Kollman, Craig ^f   Qin, Haijing ^f   Sadda, Srinivas ^g   Scott, Ingrid U ^h  

^a Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates   (United States)

^b BARNES RETINA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RATING SCALE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; PROGNOSIS; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67749086427     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318194995d     Document Type: Article

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