Reading speed of patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa or choroideremia

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-88

  Sandberg, Michael A ^a   Gaudio, Alexander R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroideremia; Contrast sensitivity; Reading; Retinitis pigmentosa; Visual acuity; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROIDEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; READING; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; ADOLESCENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOROIDEREMIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33644869128     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200601000-00013     Document Type: Article

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