Reliability, normative data, and the effect of age-related macular disease on the Eger Macular Stressometer photostress recovery time

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 594-599

  Bartlett, Hannah ^a   Davies, Leon N ^a   Eperjesi, Frank ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular disease; Eger Macular Stressometer; Glare recovery; Photostress recovery time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE; GLARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETER; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME; VISION TEST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 16644392564     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2004.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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