Visual training of cerebral blindness patients gradually enlarges the visual field

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-96

  Bergsma, D P ^a,b   Van Der Wildt, G ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIMETER; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

AGED; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); READING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 74549166563     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.154336     Document Type: Article

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