Image relocation with prisms in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-318

  Al Karmi, Rani ^a   Markowirz, Samuel N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image relocation; Low vision rehabilitation; Yoke prisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 33745726445     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/I06-016     Document Type: Article

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