Role of flicker perimetry in predicting onset of late-stage age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 690-699

  Luu, Chi D ^a   Dimitrov, Peter N ^a   Robman, Luba ^a   Varsamidis, Mary ^a   Makeyeva, Galina ^a   Aung, Khin Zaw ^a   Vingrys, Algis J ^a   Guymer, Robyn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLICKER PERIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84862179276     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.277     Document Type: Article

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