Age-related macular degeneration: What do patients find on the internet?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 473-477

  Rennie, Christina A ^a   Hannan, Shabeeba ^a   Maycock, Nick ^a   Kang, Chee ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 35748975934     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.10.473     Document Type: Article

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