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Telemedicine model to prevent blindness from familial glaucoma.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology - 1 Nov 2011
Staffieri Sandra E, Ruddle Jonathan B, Kearns Lisa S, Barbour Julie M, Edwards Thomas L, Paul Padma, Mackey David A
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BACKGROUND: To develop, implement and evaluate a telemedicine model to reduce glaucoma blindness through the early detection of undiagnosed glaucoma in high-risk individuals. DESIGN: Prospective study, private ophthalmology practice and public outpatient clinics in Tasmania. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and thirty-three individuals with primary open-angle glaucoma were invited to enrol their first-degree relatives...
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