Evaluation of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire in Graves' Ophthalmopathy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1450-1454

  Bradley, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Novotny, Paul J ^a   Garrity, James A ^a   Woog, John J ^a   West, Sheila K ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; UNITED STATES; VISION;

EID: 33746271314     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.02.060     Document Type: Article

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