The disc damage likelihood scale (DDLS): Interobserver agreement of a new grading system to assess glaucomatous optic disc damage

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-283

  Bochmann, F ^a   Howell, J P ^a   Meier, C ^a   Becht, C ^a   Thiel, M A ^a  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cup disc ratio; Disc damage likelihood scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISC DAMAGE LIKELIHOOD SCALE; EYE INJURY; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC DISC DAMAGE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLIT LAMP; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650107038     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109288     Document Type: Article

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