Interobserver variability of the Würzburg bleb classification score

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 222, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 408-413

  Klink, Thomas ^a,b   Schrey, Sybille ^a   Elsesser, Uta ^a   Klink, Janine ^a   Schlunck, Günther ^a   Grehn, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleb grading; Filtering bleb; Glaucoma surgery; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; SLIT LAMP; TRABECULECTOMY; VASCULARIZATION; WURZBURG BLEB CLASSIFICATION SCORE;

EID: 53449089935     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000161555     Document Type: Article

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