Impaired contrast sensitivity among leprosy patients with normal visual acuity

Leprosy Review

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Daniel, Ebenezer ^a   Thiripurasundary, ^a   Appavoo, Ragupathy ^a   Chacko, Shirley ^a   Ragupathy, Amuthavally ^a   Raju, Renu ^b  

^a Schieffelin Leprosy Res/Train Ctr   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INDIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 19844373581     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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