The preferred retinal locus in macular disease: Toward a consensus definition

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2109-2114

  Crossland, Michael D ^a   Engel, Stephen A ^b   Legge, Gordon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric viewing; Fixation; Macular disease; Perimetry; Preferred retinal locus; Scotoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREFERRED RETINAL LOCUS; RETINA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCOTOMA;

CONSENSUS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; SCOTOMA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 80055094789     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31820d3fba     Document Type: Article

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