Potential acuity meter results in cataract patients

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 414-418

  Devereux, Catherine J ^a   Rando, Angelo ^b,c   Wagstaff, Christine M ^b   Story, Ian H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Potential acuity meter (PAM); Potential vision; Prediction; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034525727     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2000.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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