Solving the hydroxychloroquine dosing dilemma with a smartphone app

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 218-219

  Perlman, Elliot M ^a   Greenberg, Paul B ^b   Browning, David ^c   Friday, Robert P ^d   Miller, Joan W ^e  

^a Rhode Island Eye Institute   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Charlotte Eye Ear   (United States)

^d NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEVICES; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DISEASE; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; RETINAL DISEASES; SMARTPHONE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85041639245     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.6076     Document Type: Letter

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