Reading performance in patients with retinitis pigmentosa: A study using the MNREAD charts

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3418-3424

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Pierrottet, Chiara ^b   Parmeggiani, Francesco ^c,d   Pennino, Monica ^a   Giacomelli, Giovanni ^a   Steindler, Piero ^d   Menchini, Ugo ^a   Orzalesi, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Camposampiero Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; EARLY TREATMENT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY STUDY CHART; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA READING CHART; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; READING; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 4644276625     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0390     Document Type: Article

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