Difficulty in performing everyday activities in patients with juvenile macular dystrophies: Comparison with patients with retinitis pigmentosa

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1372-1376

  Szlyk, Janet P ^a,b   Fishman, Gerald A ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a   Revelins, Beatrise I ^a   Derlacki, Deborah J ^a  

^a University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; STARGARDT DISEASE; TASK PERFORMANCE; USHER SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031733242     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.12.1372     Document Type: Article

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