What can blind patients see in daily life with the subretinal Alpha IMS implant?: Current overview from the clinical trial in Tübingen;Was können blinde Patienten mit dem subretinalen Alpha-IMS-Implantat im Alltag sehen?: Aktuelle Übersicht aus der Tübinger klinischen Studie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-141

  Stingl, K ^a   Bartz Schmidt, K U ^a   Besch, D ^a   Gekeler, F ^a   Greppmaier, U ^b   Hortdorfer G ^c   Koitschev, A ^d   Peters, T ^a   Sachs, H ^e   Wilhelm, B ^a   Zrenner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Retina Implant AG   (Germany)

^c Mobilitätstrainer   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial vision; Hereditary retinal degeneration; Neuroprosthetic; Retinitis pigmentosa; Subretinal visual implant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RETINA DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BLINDNESS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINAL DYSTROPHIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84857245806     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-011-2479-6     Document Type: Article

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