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Is the Mitchell-Wong grading system preferable to the Keith-Wagener-Barker system for detecting hypertensive retinopathy?
Is the Mitchell-Wong grading system preferable to the Keith-Wagener-Barker system for detecting hypertensive retinopathy?
The Mitchell-Wong grading system for hypertensive retinopathy may be preferred over the KWB system primarily because it simplifies clinical practice.
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May simplify hypertensive retinopathy grading; leaves open validation against detection accuracy or outcomes.
Detecting early signs of hypertensive retinopathy may be of value in young individuals; the Mitchell-Wong seems preferable to the KWB classification system only for reasons of simplifying clinical practice.
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Aissopou et al. (2015) studied this question.
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