Relative Contributions of Reduced Vision and General Health to NEI-VFQ Scores in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 758-766

  Miskala, Pãivi H ^a,c   Bressler, Neil M ^a   Meinert, Curtis L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2342464834     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.5.758     Document Type: Article

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