Visual acuity and its measurement

Ophthalmology Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-170

  Kniestedt, Christoph ^a,b   Stamper, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS OPACITY;

EID: 0038284085     PISSN: 08961549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-1549(03)00013-0     Document Type: Review

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