Agreement Among Glaucoma Specialists in Assessing Progressive Disc Changes From Photographs in Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jampel, Henry D ^a   Friedman, David ^a   Quigley, Harry ^a   Vitale, Susan ^a,b   Miller, Rhonda ^a   Knezevich, Frederick ^a   Ding, Yulan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57549088895     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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