False-negative responses in glaucoma perimetry: Indicators of patient performance or test reliability?

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2201-2204

  Bengtsson, Boel ^a   Heijl, Anders ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033947478     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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