Management of choroidal naevomelanocytic lesions: Feasibility and safety of a virtual clinic model

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 665-670

  Balaskas, Konstantinos ^a,b,c   Gray, Jane ^a   Blows, Peter ^c   Rajai, Azita ^d   Flaye, Deidre ^c   Peto, Tunde ^c   Sagoo, Mandeep S ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL NEVOMELANOCYTIC LESION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INJURY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; ALGORITHM; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTOMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941686779     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307168     Document Type: Article

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