Lens Opacities Classification System III: Cataract grading variability between junior and senior staff at a Singapore hospital

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1948-1952

  Tan, Anna C ^a   Loon, Seng Chee ^a   Choi, Harold ^a   Thean, Lennard ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CATARACT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 55649117729     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.06.037     Document Type: Article

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