Need for telemedicine in retinopathy of prematurity in middle-income countries: E-ROP vs KIDROP

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 360-361

  Vinekar, Anand ^b   Jayadev, Chaitra ^b   Bauer, Noel ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b the Department of Uveitis and Ocular Immunology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LETTER; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; TELEMEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PROCEDURES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84929054343     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: 21686173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.4913     Document Type: Letter

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