Lack of correlation between visual acuity and fixation stability after photocoagulation for diabetic maculopathy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 238, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 566-570

  Møller, Flemming ^a   Bek, Toke ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033915456     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170000141     Document Type: Article

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