A critical appraisal and comparison of the quality and recommendations of glaucoma clinical practice guidelines

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1017-1023

  Ou, Yvonne ^a,d   Goldberg, Ivan ^b   Migdal, Clive ^c   Lee, Paul P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA PACIFIC GLAUCOMA GUIDELINES; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREFERRED PRACTICE PATTERN IN PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINOLOGY AND GUIDELINES FOR GLAUCOMA;

GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 79958015360     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.03.038     Document Type: Article

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