The effectiveness of screening for diabetic retinopathy by digital imaging photography and technician ophthalmoscopy

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 467-474

  Scanlon, P H ^a   Malhotra, R ^b   Thomas, G ^a   Foyt, C ^c   Kirkpatrick, J N ^a   Lewis Barned, N ^d   Harney, B ^a   Aldington, S J ^e  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Gloucestershire Research and Development Support Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d Northumbria NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Digital photography; Ophthalmoscopy; Screening; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLIT LAMP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TROPICAMIDE;

EID: 0038460765     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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