Differences between recognition and resolution acuity in patients undergoing macular hole surgery

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3690-3694

  Wittich, Walter ^a,b,c   Overbury, Olga ^b,c   Kapusta, Michael A ^c   Watanabe, Donald H ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY TREATMENT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY STUDY CHART; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDOLT C CHART; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA MACULA HOLE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; EYE REFRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA TEAR; VISION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33748121460     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1307     Document Type: Article

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