Fixation stability during binocular viewing in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1887-1893

  Tarita Nistor, Luminita ^a,b   Brent, Michael H ^a,c   Steinbach, Martin J ^a,b,c   González, Esther G ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79955933815     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6059     Document Type: Article

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