Subthreshold laser therapy for diabetic macular edema: Metabolic and safety issues

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 3267-3271

  Vujosevic, Stela ^a   Martini, Ferdinando ^a   Convento, Enrica ^a   Longhin, Evelyn ^b   Kotsafti, Olympia ^b   Parrozzani, Raffaele ^b   Midena, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetic macular edema; Diabetic retinopathy; Fluorescein angiography; Fundus autofluorescence; Laser treatment; Microperimetry; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal safety; Subthreshold micropulse laser

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CENTRAL RETINAL THICKNESS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SAFETY; OPHTHALMIC ARGON LASER; OPHTHALMIC DIODE LASER; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUBTHRESHOLD MICROPULSE DIODE LASER THERAPY;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MACULAR EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883237476     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/09298673113209990030     Document Type: Article

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