Comparison of subthreshold diode laser micropulse therapy versus conventional photocoagulation laser therapy as primary treatment of diabetic macular edema

Journal of Current Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 206-211

  Fazel, Farhad ^a   Bagheri, Majid ^a   Golabchi, Khodayar ^a   Jahanbani Ardakani, Hamidreza ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conventional laser photocoagulation; Diabetic macular edema; Subthreshold diode laser micropulse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CENTRAL MACULAR THICKNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBTHRESHOLD DIODE LASER MICROPULSE THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84994765280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24522325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joco.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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