Long-term temporal changes of peripapillary retinal nerve fiberlayer thickness before and after panretinal photocoagulation in severe diabetic retinopathy

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2052-2060

  Park, Kyu Hyung ^a,b   Kim, Jongshin ^a,d   Woo, Se Joon ^a,b   Ahn, Jeeyun ^a,b   Park, Ki Ho ^a,c   Chung, Hum ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Long term; Panretinal photocoagulation; Retinal nerve fiber thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PANRETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84871347875     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182562000     Document Type: Article

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