Charles Bonnet syndrome in age-related macular degeneration: The nature and frequency of images in subjects with end-stage disease

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-208

  Khan, Jane C ^a,c   Shahid, Humma ^a   Thurlby, Deborah A ^a   Yates, John R W ^a   Moore, Anthony T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Charles Bonnet; Hallucination; Macular degeneration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45749124789     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580801939320     Document Type: Article

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