Comparison of contrast sensitivity, visual acuity, and Humphrey visual field testing in patients with glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-138

  Hawkins, Anjali S ^a   Szlyk, Janet P ^a,b   Ardickas, Ziba ^a,b   Alexander, Kenneth R ^a   Wilensky, Jacob T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Glaucoma; Visual acuity; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0037385106     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200304000-00008     Document Type: Article

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