Associations between specific measures of vision and vision-related quality of life in patients with bothnia dystrophy, a defined type of retinitis pigmentosa

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-323

  Burstedt, Marie S I ^a   Monestam, Eva ^a   Sandgren, Ola ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bothnia dystrophy; Low contrast visual acuity; Retinitis pigmentosa; Vision related quality of life (VRQL); Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BOTHNIA DYSTROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SELF EVALUATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 17144396272     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200504000-00011     Document Type: Article

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