Study of clinical applications and safety for Pascal® laser photocoagulation in retinal vascular disorders

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Muqit, Mahiul M K ^a   Sanghvi, Chintan ^a   McLauchlan, Rita ^a   Delgado, Christine ^a   Young, Lorna B ^a   Charles, Stephen J ^a   Marcellino, George R ^b   Stanga, Paulo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OptiMedica Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic retinopathy; Laser photocoagulation; Pascal ; photocoagulator; retinopathy; vein occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRIS RUBEOSIS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA VASCULAR DISORDER; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857741074     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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