Grading nuclear cataract: Reproducibility and validity of a new method

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1159-1163

  Hall, Nigel F ^a,d   Lempert, Philip ^b   Shier, Rosaleen P ^a   Zakir, Rahila ^c   Phillips, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032869098     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.10.1159     Document Type: Article

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