Transillumination of iris and subnormal visual acuity-ocular albinism?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 617-623

  Sjödell, Lena ^a   Sjöström, Anders ^b   Abrahamsson, Maths ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b East Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS; MALE; OCULAR ALBINISM; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; SWEDEN; TRANSILLUMINATION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029774286     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.7.617     Document Type: Article

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