Fundoscopy: To dilate or not to dilate?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7532, 2006, Pages 3-

  Liew, Gerald ^a,b   Mitchell, Paul ^a,b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Wong, Tien Yin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Vision Co operative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; MYDRIATIC AGENT; TROPICAMIDE;

CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYDRIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DILATATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 30344451694     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.3     Document Type: Editorial

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