A brief history of macular grids: From Thomas Reid to Edvard Munch and Marc Amsler

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 343-353

  Marmor, Michael F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Amsler's grids; Amsler, Marc; Art; Maculopathy; Metamorphopsia; Munch, Edvard; Reid, Thomas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; METAMORPHOSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCOTOMA;

HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; NORWAY; PAINTINGS; PORTRAITS; RETINAL DISEASES; SCOTLAND; SWITZERLAND; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033953210     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(99)00113-7     Document Type: Article

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