Pupillary dilatation and driving in diabetic patients

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-147

  Jude, E B ^a,b   Ryan, B ^a   O'Leary, B M ^a   Gibson, J M ^a   Dodson, P M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular visual acuity; Contrast sensitivity; Driving; Pupillary dilatation

Indexed keywords

TROPICAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; GLARE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYDRIASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYEGLASSES; GLARE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PUPIL; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAMIDE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031930157     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199802)15:2<143::AID-DIA531>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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