Are we making good use of our public resources? The false-positive rate of screening by fundus photography for diabetic macular oedema

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 356-364

  Wong, Raymond L M ^a,b,c   Tsang, C W ^a,c   Wong, David S H ^b   McGhee, Sarah ^b   Lam, C H ^b   Lian, J ^b   Lee, Jacky W Y ^b   Lai, Jimmy S M ^b   Chong, Victor ^b,d   Wong, Ian Y H ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL MACULAR THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROANEURYSM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC DISC DIAMETER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETINA EXUDATE; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; MACULAR EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 85026867851     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj166078     Document Type: Article

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