Therapeutic window of retinal photocoagulation with green (532-nm) and yellow (577-nm) lasers

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-347

  Sramek, Christopher K ^a   Leung, Loh Shan B ^b   Paulus, Yannis M ^b   Palanker, Daniel V ^b  

^a TOPCON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; EYE BURN; EYE EDEMA; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL GREEN PHOTOCOAGULATION; RETINAL YELLOW PHOTOCOAGULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84866760784     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20120426-05     Document Type: Article

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