The evolution of laser therapy in ophthalmology: A perspective on the interactions between photons, patients, physicians, and physicists: The LXX Edward Jackson memorial lecture

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Blumenkranz, Mark S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVOLUTION; EYE TRACKING; GLAUCOMA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER COAGULATION; LENS NUCLEUS; LIGHT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL CARE; OPHTHALMIC LASER; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; EYE DISEASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTONS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICS;

EID: 84902536145     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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