Value of routine funduscopy in patients with hypertension: Systematic review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7508, 2005, Pages 73-76

  Van Den Born, Bert Jan H ^a   Hulsman, Caroline A A ^a   Hoekstra, Joost B L ^a   Schlingemann, Reinier O ^a   Van Montfrans, Gert A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; META ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23044525020     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.73     Document Type: Article

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