Vernier acuity in down syndrome

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 567-572

  Little, Julie Anne ^a   Woodhouse, J Margaret ^b   Lauritzen, Jan S ^a   Saunders, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; INTERFEROMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 59449084989     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2250     Document Type: Article

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