Why are new patients coming to the eye clinic? An analysis of the relative frequencies of ophthalmic disease amongst new patients attending hospital eye clinics in two separate locations

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 865-868

  Claqué, Charles ^a,b   Foss, Alex ^a   Daniel, Rod ^a   Cooling, Bob ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Eye disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

EID: 0031453467     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.222     Document Type: Article

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