Functional and morphological changes of macula after subthreshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular oedema

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 784-788

  Nakamura, Y ^a   Mitamura, Y ^a   Ogata, K ^a   Arai, M ^a   Takatsuna, Y ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic macular oedema; Fundus related microperimeter; Optical coherence tomography; Subthreshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77952504506     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.207     Document Type: Article

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