The Scotopic Sensitivity Tester-1 and the detection of early age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-437

  Jackson, Gregory R ^a   Felix, Tiffany ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Aging; Dark adaptation; Retina; Scotopic vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DEVICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT VISION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745513638     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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