Utility values and age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-51

  Brown, Gary C ^a,c,d   Sharma, Sanjay ^b,c   Brown, Melissa M ^a,c   Kistler, Jonathan ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Queen's Medical College   (Canada)

^c Center for Evidence Based Healthcare   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033986170     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.1.47     Document Type: Article

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