Can fixation instability improve text perception during eccentric fixation in patients with central scotomas?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-463

  Deruciz A ^a   Matter, M ^a   Whatham, A R ^a   Goldschmidt, M ^a   Duret, F ^b   Issenhuth, M ^a   Safran, A B ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC VIEWING; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PREFERRED RETINAL LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; STARGARDT DISEASE; TROXLER EFFECT; VISION;

ADULT; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SACCADES; SCOTOMA; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 12144286562     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.025601     Document Type: Article

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