A 'fail-safe' screening programme for diabetic retinopathy

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-137

  Ryder, R E J ^a   Close, C F ^a   Krentz, A J ^a   Gray, M D ^a   Souten, H ^a   Taylor, K G ^a   Gibson, J M ^a   Kritzinger, E E ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYDRIATIC AGENT; TROPICAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYDRIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; SCREENING TEST;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031921939     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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