Eccentric fixation in Stargardt's disease assessed by Tübingen perimetry

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5815-5822

  Messias, Andre ^a,c   Reinhard, Jens ^a   Cruz, Antonio Augusto Velasco ^c   Dietz, Klaus ^b   MacKeben, Manfred ^d   Trauzettel Klosinski, Susanne ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOTOMA; STARGARDT DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD; AGING; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; SCOTOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 38549115628     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0367     Document Type: Article

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