Abstract
We appreciate both Dr. Gehrs' (1) careful examination of our study (2) on the efficacy of octreotide in the therapy of severe nonproliferative and early proliferative diabetic retinopathy and the opportunity to respond to her thoughtful comments. In response to her question concerning the baseline scores, the control group and octreotide-treated group baseline Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) scores were not different, with mean (± SD) values of 51.6 ± 4.0 for control and 51.6 ± 4.8 for treated groups. Although a reading center was not used in this pilot study, each retinal specialist used identical criteria for …
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