Spatial and temporal vision in patients treated for bilateral congenital cataracts

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3480-3489

  Ellemberg, Dave ^a   Lewis, Terri L ^a,b,c   Maurer, Daphne ^a,b   Hong Lui, Chang ^a   Brent, Henry P ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binocular congenital cataract; Children; Critical flicker fusion frequency; Grating acuity; Spatial contrast sensitivity; Temporal contrast sensitivity; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTRAST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE INJURIES; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033047052     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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