title: Differential diagnosis of ophthalmic syndromes using a computer program.
abstract: A Fortran computer program has been written for the differential diagnosis of ophthalmic syndromes. Input for the program are the observed symptoms and the result is a list of syndromes relevant to one or more of the symptoms. The program was written for the Control Data Cyber 840 at the Computer Center of the University of Innsbruck, which is connected permanently by terminals to institutes. A second version of the program has been adapted for IBM-compatible personal computers. At present, the program includes 219 syndromes with their individual symptoms. However, it is possible to supplement or alter the list of syndromes and symptoms. The use of this computer program is expected to make the differential diagnosis easier and to simplify and improve the scientific clarification of syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blumthaler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Daxecker
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D013577:Syndrome