New evidence that vision rehabilitation is a key component in the management of patients with macular degeneration

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-280

  Edmonds, Scott A ^a   Edmonds, Susan E ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central scotoma; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Macular degeneration; Vision rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33748202476     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193099.36421.77     Document Type: Review

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