Effective and accurate screening for diabetic retinopathy using a 60° mydriatic fundus camera

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-61

  Carmichael, T R ^a   Carp, G I ^a   Welsh, N D ^a   Kalk, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROANEURYSM; MYDRIASIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 13444270837     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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