Bruckner red light reflex test in a hospital setting

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 23-26

  Saiju, Rohit ^a   Yun, S ^b   Yoon, P D ^b   Shrestha, M K ^a   Shrestha, U D ^a  

^a TILGANGA INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nepal; Red flex test; Retinoblastoma; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCKNER RED REFLEX TEST; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENOPHTHALMOS; ENUCLEATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRABISMUS;

EID: 84875929327     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v10i2.7338     Document Type: Article

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