High, medium, and low contrast visual acuities in diabetic retinal disease

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1086-1095

  Sukha, Anusha Yasvantrai ^a   Rubin, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Contrast visual acuity; Diabetes; Diabetic macular edema; Diabetic retinopathy; Multivariate statistics

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTRAST VISUAL ACUITY; DIABETES; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS;

ALDEHYDES; COVARIANCE MATRIX; EYE PROTECTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC FUELS; VISION;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349089735     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181b48635     Document Type: Article

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