Agreement and accuracy of non-expert ophthalmologists in assessing glaucomatous changes in serial stereo optic disc photographs

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 742-746

  Breusegem, Christophe ^a   Fieuws, Steffen ^b   Stalmans, Ingeborg ^a   Zeyen, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953322007     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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