Predicting reading fluency in patients with macular disease

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-17

  Crossland, Michael D ^a   Culham, Louise E ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Longitudinal prediction; Low vision; Macular disease; Reading

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BASELINE READING SPEED; MACULAR DISEASE (MD); ODDS RATIOS (OR);

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; READING; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCOTOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12444288523     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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