The formed visual hallucinations associated with vision loss

Optometry

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2000, Pages

  Eagan, Sharon M ^a,b,c   Williams, Joan A ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles bonnet syndrome; Homonymous hemianopsia; Low vision; Visual acuity; Visual hallucinations; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 17544381216     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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