Reliability of the Evidence Addressing Treatment of Corneal Diseases: A Summary of Systematic Reviews

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 775-785

  Saldanha, Ian J ^a   Lindsley, Kristina B ^b   Lum, Flora ^c   Dickersin, Kay ^d   Li, Tianjing ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c American Academy of Ophthalmology   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KERATITIS; BLEPHARITIS; CAPSULE OPACIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED VOCABULARY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; DATA BASE; DRY EYE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85065559659     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.1063     Document Type: Article

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