Registration of visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy in a subpopulation of Cambridgeshire

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-79

  Gordon Bennett, Patel ^a   Misra, Aseema ^b   Newsom, Wendy ^a   Flanagan, Declan ^b  

^a HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Certification of visual impairment; Diabetic retinopathy; Registration; Severe visual impairment; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77953425946     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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