Are practical recommendations practiced? A national multi-centre cross-sectional study on frequency of visual field testing in glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 843-847

  Fung, Simon S M ^a   Lemer, Claire ^b   Russell, Richard A ^a,c   Malik, Rizwan ^a   Crabb, David P ^c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Paediatrics   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL FIELD;

FIELD OF VISION; GLAUCOMA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SCOTOMA; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84879355345     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302903     Document Type: Article

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