A compact rarebit test for macular diseases

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-327

  Winther, Christina ^a   Frisén, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAREBIT TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCREENING TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77949494258     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.164749     Document Type: Article

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