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Accuracy of trained rural ophthalmologists versus non-medical image graders in the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy in rural China

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  • Martha McKenna State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tingting Chen State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Ophthalmology Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Helen McAneney Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK Northern Ireland Methodology Hub, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Miguel Angel Vázquez Membrillo State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Retina and Vitreous Department, Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmologia, Queretaro, Mexico PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ling Jin State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wei Xiao State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tunde Peto Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mingguang He State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ruth Hogg Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nathan Congdon State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK Orbis International, New York City, New York , USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nathan Congdon, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong 510060, China; ncongdon1{at}gmail.com
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McKenna M, Chen T, McAneney H, et al
Accuracy of trained rural ophthalmologists versus non-medical image graders in the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy in rural China
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2018;102:1471-1476.

Publication history

  • Received April 18, 2018
  • Accepted June 11, 2018
  • First published July 4, 2018.
Online issue publication 
October 22, 2018

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