Variability in patients with glaucomatous visual field damage is reduced using size V stimuli

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 426-435

  Wall, Michael ^a   Kutzko, Kim E ^a   Chauhan, Balwantray C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

glaucoma; perimetric variability; perimetry; visual field; visual testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031058191     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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