Repeatability of ETDRS visual acuity in children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3294-3300

  Manny, Ruth E ^a,e   Hussein, Mohamed ^b   Gwiazda, Jane ^c   Marsh Tootle, Wendy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e 505 J Davis Armistead Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0042844826     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-1199     Document Type: Article

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