A review of 145234 ophthalmic patient episodes lost to follow-up

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 422-429

  Davis, A ^a   Baldwin, A ^a   Hingorani, M ^a   Dwyer, A ^a   Flanagan, D ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

CATARACT; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVITREAL IMPLANT; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; ORBIT TUMOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; STRABISMUS; VITREORETINOPATHY; BLINDNESS; COMPLICATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EYE DISEASES; GLAUCOMA; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLINDNESS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EYE DISEASES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85044549603     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2016.225     Document Type: Review

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