Visual loss and visual hallucinations in patients with age-related macular degeneration (Charles Bonnet syndrome)

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1416-1423

  Abbott, Emily J ^a   Connor, Gillian B ^a   Artes, Paul H ^a   Abadi, Richard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT CODING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HALLUCINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34047273561     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0942     Document Type: Article

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