Positive predictive value of optometrist-initiated referrals for glaucoma

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-67

  Theodossiades, Julia ^a   Murdoch, Ian ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032889766     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.1999.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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