Factors Associated with Improvement and Worsening of Visual Acuity 2 Years after Focal/Grid Photocoagulation for Diabetic Macular Edema

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 946-953

  Aiello, Lloyd Paul ^a   Edwards, Allison R ^b   Beck, Roy W ^b   Bressler, Neil M ^c   Davis, Matthew D ^d   Ferris, Frederick ^e   Glassman, Adam R ^b   Ip, Michael S ^d   Miller, Kellee M ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951621978     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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