Study of the visual quality in adults with Down's syndrome;Estudio de la calidad visual en adultos con síndrome de Down

SD Revista Medica Internacional sobre el Sindrome de Down

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-7

  Castañé, Marina ^a   Boada, Mercè ^b,c   Hernández, Isabel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c Inst Catala de Neurociencies Apl   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ametropies; Down's syndrome; Low vision; Optometric prescription

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINOSCOPY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 10444265062     PISSN: 1138011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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