Potential acuity pinhole: A simple method to measure potential visual acuity in patients with cataracts, comparison to potential acuity meter

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1262-1267

  Melki, Samir A ^a,c   Safar, Ammar ^a   Martin, John ^a   Ivanova, Anastasia ^b   Adi, Marwa ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033498887     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00706-X     Document Type: Article

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