The superior retina performs better than the inferior retina when reading with eccentric viewing: A comparison in normal volunteers

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 868-870

  Frennesson, Christina ^a   Nilsson, Sven Erik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eccentric viewing; Normal volunteers; Reading; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope; Superior and inferior retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 36349013252     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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