Identification and description of reliable evidence for 2016 American academy of ophthalmology preferred practice pattern guidelines for cataract in the adult eye

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 514-523

  Golozar, Asieh ^a   Chen, Yujiang ^a   Lindsley, Kristina ^a   Rouse, Benjamin ^a   Musch, David C ^b   Lum, Flora ^c   Hawkins, Barbara S ^a,d   Li, Tianjing ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c American Academy of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AMERICAN; CATARACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADULT; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047055558     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.0786     Document Type: Review

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