Observer variability in optic disc assessment: Implications for glaucoma shared care

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-273

  Harper, Robert ^a   Reeves, Barnaby ^b   Smith, George ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTOMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034094167     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(99)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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