Visual acuity assessment of children with neurological impairment using grating and vanishing optotype acuity cards

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 483-487

  Mackie, R T ^a   Saunders, K J ^a   Day, R E ^b   Dutton, G N ^b   McCulloch, D L ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acuity cards; Neurological impairment; Vanishing optotypes; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE DISEASE; GRATING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029796802     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00604.x     Document Type: Article

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