Visual fields in patients who have undergone vitrectomy for complications of diabetic retinopathy. A prospective study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Barsam, Allon ^a   Laidlaw, Alistair ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SAFETY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; CAR DRIVING; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33644518977     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-5     Document Type: Article

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