Subthreshold micropulse diode laser and double frequency neodymium: YAG laser in treatment of diabetic macular edema: A prospective, randomized study using multifocal electroretinography

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 727-733

  Venkatesh, Pradeep ^a   Ramanjulu, Rajesh ^a   Azad, Rajvardhan ^a   Vohra, Rajpal ^a   Garg, Satpal ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT MACULAR EDEMA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DOUBLE FREQUENCY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LASER PHOTOCOAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MULTIFOCAL; ND : YAG LASERS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SUBTHRESHOLD; VISUAL ACUITY; YAG; YAG LASER;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE PROTECTION; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; NEODYMIUM; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; VISION;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIODE LASER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SOLID STATE LASER;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MACULAR EDEMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 80855147740     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2830     Document Type: Review

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