A standardized grading system for scleritis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 768-771

  Sen, H Nida ^a   Sangave, Amit A ^a   Goldstein, Debra A ^b   Suhler, Eric B ^c,d   Cunningham, Denise ^a   Vitale, Susan ^a   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCLERITIS; STANDARDIZATION; UVEITIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCLERITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953332130     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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