Outcome Measures in Glaucoma: A Systematic Review of Cochrane Reviews and Protocols

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 533-538

  Ismail, Rehab ^a,b   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^c   Ramsay, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane reviews; glaucoma; heterogeneity; outcome measures; variations

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; GLAUCOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84942194687     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000022     Document Type: Article

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