Barely Visible 10-Millisecond Pascal Laser Photocoagulation for Diabetic Macular Edema: Observations of Clinical Effect and Burn Localization

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OptiMedica Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EDEMA; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77952535534     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.032     Document Type: Article

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