A randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of prism spectacles for patients with age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1042-1050

  Smith, Heather J ^a,d   Dickinson, Christine M ^a   Cacho, Isabel ^a   Reeves, Barnaby C ^b   Harper, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTACLES; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 23844473592     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.8.1042     Document Type: Article

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