Assessment of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph in the detection of sight-threatening diabetic maculopathy

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-144

  Zambarakji, H J ^a   Butler, T K H ^a   Vernon, S A ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph; Macular oedema; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032897104     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.40     Document Type: Article

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