The relationship between scotoma displacement and preferred retinal loci in low-vision patients with age-related macular degeneration

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-61

  Markowitz, Samuel N ^a   Aleykina, Natalya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Macular perimetry; PRL; Scotoma displacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCOTOMA; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 76149133692     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/i09-244     Document Type: Article

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