Retinopathy. Screening recommendations

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 780-783

  Spurling, Geoffrey ^a   Askew, Deborah ^a   Jackson, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADULT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 74049106155     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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