Long-term therapeutic efficacy of the subthreshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular edema

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-369

  Takatsuna, Yoko ^a,b   Yamamoto, Shuichi ^a   Nakamura, Yosuke ^a,c   Tatsumi, Tomoaki ^a   Arai, Miyuki ^a   Mitamura, Yoshinori ^a,d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic macular edema; Foveal thickness; Subthreshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LASER COAGULATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SUBTHRESHOLD MICROPULSE DIODE LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80054722430     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-011-0033-3     Document Type: Article

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