Clinical impairment measures and reading performance in a large age-related macular degeneration group

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 344-349

  Cacho, Isabel ^a,b   Dickinson, Christine Margaret ^a   Smith, Heather Jane ^a   Harper, Robert Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMD; Central scotoma; Contrast sensitivity; Low vision; Reading speed; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CLINICAL MEASURE; CLINICAL PARAMETERS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; IN-DEGREE; LARGE POPULATION; LOW VISION; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PRINT SIZE; READING PERFORMANCE; READING SPEED; VISUAL ACUITY;

FORECASTING; SPEED; VISION;

VISION AIDS;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; READING; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; READING; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77951923082     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181d9515c     Document Type: Article

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