Metamorphopsia in patients with macular telangiectasia type 2

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Charbel Issa, Peter ^a,b   Holz, Frank G ^a   Scholl, Hendrik P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amsler grid; Macular telangiectasia; Metamorphopsia; Microperimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMSLER GRID TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA TYPE 2; MALE; MICROPERIMETRY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SCOTOMA; SLIT LAMP; TELANGIECTASIA; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL METAMORPHOPSIA;

AGED; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349729679     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-009-9190-9     Document Type: Article

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