The letter contrast sensitivity test: Clinical evaluation of a new design

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2739-2745

  Haymes, Sharon A ^a   Roberts, Kenneth F ^a   Cruess, Alan F ^a   Nicolela, Marcelo T ^a   LeBlanc, Raymond P ^a   Ramsey, Michael S ^a   Chauhan, Balwantray C ^a   Artes, Paul H ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EFFECT SIZE; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; VALIDITY; CATARACT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 33745642749     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1419     Document Type: Article

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