Perceived color of hallucinations in the charles bonnet syndrome is related to residual color contrast sensitivity

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-196

  Madill, Stephen A ^a   Lascaratos, Gerassimos ^a   Arden, Geoffrey B ^b   Ffytche, Dominic H ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONFUSION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUMINANCE; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SYNDROME; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 70349133540     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181b1b2bf     Document Type: Article

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