The Mallett Fixation Disparity Test: Influence of test instructions and relationship with symptoms

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 507-522

  Karania, Rajula ^a   Evans, Bruce J W ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Optometry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aligning prism; Associated heterophoria; Decompensated heterophoria; Fixation disparity; Mallett unit; Nonius markers; Visual symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; DIPLOPIA; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALLETT FIXATION DISPARITY TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRABISMUS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 33747092953     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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