Long-term follow-up of fixation patterns in eyes with central scotomas from geographic atrophy that is associated with age-related macular degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1085-1093

  Sunness, Janet S ^a,b   Applegate, Carol A ^a  

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

^b Hoover Services for Low Vision and Blindness   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE; EYE FIXATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING; SCOTOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 29244470800     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.07.040     Document Type: Article

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