The effect of abnormal fixational eye movements upon visual acuity in congenital nystagmus

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 194-202

  Simmers, Anita J ^a   Gray, Lyle S ^b   Winn, Barry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital nystagmus; Foveation period; Power spectrum; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032951424     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.3.194.5374     Document Type: Article

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