Decision trees for indication of cataract surgery based on changes in visual acuity

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Quintana, José M ^a   Arostegui, Inmaculada ^b   Alberdi, Txomin ^a   Escobar, Antonio ^c   Perea, Emilio ^d   Navarro, Gema ^e   Elizalde, Belen ^f   Andradas, Elena ^g  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^e Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^f Gobierno Vasco   (Spain)

^g Agencia Lain Entralgo   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DECISION TREE; GLARE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETINOPATHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77955470135     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.12.041     Document Type: Article

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