Impaired mesopic visual acuity in eyes with early age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 7310-7314

  Puell, María C ^a   Barrio, Ana R ^a   Palomo Alvarez, Catalina ^a   Gómez Sanz, Fernando J ^b   Clement Corral, Amaya ^b   Pérez Carrasco, María J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Refractive Surgeon at Clínica Baviera Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MESOPIC VISION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MESOPIC VISION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872048648     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8649     Document Type: Article

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