An algorithm for glaucoma screening in clinical settings and its preliminary performance profile

Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-320

  Mohammadi, S Farzad ^a   Mirhadi, Sara ^a   Mehrjardi, Hadi Z ^a,b   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b   Vakili, Sahar Taba Taba ^a   Majdi, Mercede ^c   Moghimi, Sasan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic glaucoma; Clinical setting screening; Glaucoma screening; Screening algorithm; Screening test performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892751636     PISSN: 20082010     EISSN: 2008322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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