Flicker perimetry in healthy subjects: Influence of age and gender, learning effect and short-term fluctuation

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-99

  Bernardi, Luciana ^a,c   Costa, Vital P ^a,b   Oto Shiroma, Lineu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNICAMP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Perimetry methods; Sensitivity and specificity; Vision disorders diagnosis; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147167751     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492007000100017     Document Type: Article

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