Interobserver agreement for grating acuity and letter acuity assessment in 1- to 5.5-year-olds with severe retinopathy of prematurity

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1565-1576

  Harvey, Erin M ^a   Dobson, Velma ^a,b   Tung, Betty ^c   Quinn, Graham E ^d   Hardy, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETINOPATHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032977429     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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