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Treatment decisions in diabetic macular edema based on optical coherence tomography retinal thickness map: LET classification

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Rosa Dolz-Marco: grant support (Alcon, Allergan, Angelini, Bayer, Heidelberg Engineering, Novartis, Thea)

Rodrigo Abreu-González: consultant (Alcon, Novartis); speaker (Alcon, Novartis)

Marta Alonso-Plasencia: none

Roberto Gallego-Pinazo: consultant (Bayer, Novartis); speaker (Bayer, Novartis); grant support (Alcon, Allergan, Angelini, Bayer, Heidelberg Engineering, Novartis, Thea)

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Dolz-Marco, R., Abreu-González, R., Alonso-Plasencia, M. et al. Treatment decisions in diabetic macular edema based on optical coherence tomography retinal thickness map: LET classification. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 252, 1687–1688 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-014-2699-y

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