Does frequency doubling technology perimetry reliably detect neurological visual field defects?

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 330-333

  Fong, Kenneth C S ^a   Byles, D B ^a   Constable, P H ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency doubling technology; Glaucoma; Hemianopia; Quadrantanopia; Screening; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TECHNOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0038394371     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700376     Document Type: Article

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