Correctable visual impairment in stroke rehabilitation patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-222

  Lotery, Andrew J ^a   Wiggam, M Ivan ^a   Jackson, A Jonathan ^a,b   Silvestri, Guiliana ^a,b   Refson, Kathlene ^a,b   Fullerton, Kenneth J ^c   Gilmore, David H ^a   Beringer, Timothy R O ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Eyeglasses; Rehabilitation; Vision; Vision tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION; SPECTACLES; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0034064079     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.3.221     Document Type: Article

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