Visual impairment following stroke: Do stroke patients require vision assessment?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Rowe, Fiona ^a   Brand, Darren ^b   Jackson, Carole A ^b   Price, Alison ^c   Walker, Linda ^d   Harrison, Shirley ^e   Eccleston, Carla ^f   Scott, Claire ^g   Akerman, Nicola ^h   Dodridge, Caroline ⁱ   Howard, Claire ^j   Shipman, Tracey ^k   Sperring, Una ^l   Macdiarmid, Sonia ^m   Freeman, Cicely ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Bury PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j Salford Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^k SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^m Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Elderly; Ocular motility; Stroke; Visual field; Visual impairment; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STROKE; SURVIVOR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449235405     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn230     Document Type: Article

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