Pulfrich's phenomenon in unilateral cataract

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1050-1055

  Scotcher, Stephen M ^a,d   Laidlaw, D Alistair H ^a   Canning, Christopher R ^a   Weal, Mark J ^b   Harrad, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANGING; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PULFRICH EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ILLUSION;

EID: 0030657047     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.12.1050     Document Type: Article

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