Single-session vs multiple-session pattern scanning laser panretinal photocoagulation in proliferative diabetic retinopathy: The Manchester Pascal study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 525-533

  Muqit, Mahiul M K ^a   Marcellino, George R ^b   Henson, David B ^a   Young, Lorna B ^a   Patton, Niall ^a   Charles, Stephen J ^a   Turner, George S ^a   Stanga, Paulo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OptiMedica Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCANNING LASER PANRETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77952143228     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.60     Document Type: Article

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