The relation between visual acuity and the size of fixational eye movements in patients with diabetic and non-diabetic macular disease

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-42

  Moøller, Flemming ^a,b   Bek, T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Diabetic retinopathy; Eye movements; Fixation; Macular disease; Saccades; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE FIXATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031936742     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760107.x     Document Type: Article

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