Glaucoma screening in the real world

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1665-1666

  Maul, Eugenio A ^a   Jampel, Henry D ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MASS SCREENING; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956315106     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.11.001     Document Type: Editorial

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