Screening for diabetic retinopathy in South Africa with 60° retinal colour photography

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-47

  Joannou, J ^a   Kalk, W J ^a,b   Mahomed, I ^a   Ntsepo, S ^a   Berzin, M ^a   Joffe, B I ^a   Raal, F J ^a   Sachs, E ^a   Van Der Merwe, M T ^a   Wing, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Photography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING;

EID: 9044236532     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1996.413755000.x     Document Type: Article

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