Inter-observer agreement in clinical optic disc measurement using a modified 60 D lens

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 692-697

  Haslett, R S ^a   Batterbury, M ^a   Cuypers, M ^b   Cooper, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical; Inter observer agreement; Measurement; Optic disc

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0030664580     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.179     Document Type: Article

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