Local and Global Visual Function Deficits in Patients with Stargardt Disease

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 77-84

  Wang, Yi Zhong ^a   Birch, David G ^a  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

VISION;

GLOBAL MECHANISMS; HYPERACUITY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL 2AFC; STARGARDT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FUNCTIONS; VISUAL LOSS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 0003114912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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