Distance doubling visual acuity test: A reliable test for nonorganic visual loss

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 855-858

  Zinkernagel, Sebastian Martin ^a   Mojon, Daniel Stephane ^a,b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques; Distance doubling visual acuity test; Malingering; Nonorganic visual loss; Psychogenic visual loss; Vision chart; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISIBILITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349097712     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-1019-9     Document Type: Article

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