Fixation stability and macular light sensitivity in patients with diabetic maculopathy: A microperimetric study with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

  Kube, Thomas ^a,b   Schmidt, Stephanie ^a   Toonen, Frank ^a   Kirchhof, Bernd ^a,d   Wolf, Sebastian ^a,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetic maculopathy; Fixation stability; Light sensitivity; Microperimetry; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIMETRY; RETINA EXUDATE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PHOTOPHOBIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 11844277077     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081777     Document Type: Article

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