Inter-expert and intra-expert agreement on the diagnosis and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 553-560.e3

  Gschließer, Andreas ^a   Stifter, Eva ^a   Neumayer, Thomas ^a   Moser, Elisabeth ^a   Papp, Andrea ^a   Pircher, Niklas ^a   Dorner, Guido ^a   Egger, Stefan ^b   Vukojevic, Nenad ^c   Oberacher Velten, Isabel ^d   Schmidt Erfurth, Ursula ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPHTHALMIC DIODE LASER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITREORETINAL SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; STANDARDS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 84939257064     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.05.016     Document Type: Article

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