The Swedish Retinal Detachment Register. I. A database for epidemiological and clinical studies

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Algvere, Peep V ^a   Jahnberg, Peder ^b   Textorius, Ola ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETINA DETACHMENT; SWEDEN; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SWEDEN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033021603     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050208     Document Type: Article

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