Guest editorial: A simplified diabetic retinopathy scale

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1675-1676

  Chew, Emily Y ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROANEURYSM; NURSE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0042932654     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00815-7     Document Type: Editorial

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