An interrater reliability study of a new 'zonal' classification for reporting the location of retinal haemorrhages in childhood for clinical, legal and research purposes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 886-890

  Fleck, Brian W ^a,b,c   Tandon, Anamika ^a   Jones, Patricia A ^c   Mulvihill, Alan O ^a,b   Minns, Robert A ^b,c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA IMAGE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77954265361     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.162271     Document Type: Article

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