The value of fundoscopy in general practice

Open Ophthalmology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-5

  Chatziralli, Irini P ^a,b   Kanonidou, Evgenia D ^a   Keryttopoulos, Petros ^a   Dimitriadis, Prodromos ^a   Papazisis, Leonidas E ^a  

^a General Hospital of Veroia   (Greece)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fundoscopy; General practice; Ophthalmoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERLIN EDEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISC EDEMA; OUTPATIENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE FUNDUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 84859488160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101206010004     Document Type: Article

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