Correlation of visual acuity and macular thickness measured by optical coherence tomography in patients with persistent macular edema

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1090-1094

  Blumenkranz, Mark S ^a   Haller, Julia A ^b   Kuppermann, Baruch D ^c   Williams, George A ^d   Ip, Michael ^e   Davis, Matthew ^e   Weinberg, David V ^f   Chou, Connie ^g   Whitcup, Scott M ^h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g EISAI INC   (United States)

^h ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HUMAN; MACULAR THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77954733197     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181dcfaf3     Document Type: Article

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