Iris color and visual functions

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Nischler, Christian ^a   Michael, Ralph ^b   Wintersteller, Christine ^a   Marvan, Patrick ^a   Van Rijn, Laurentius J ^c   Coppens, Joris E ^d   Van Den Berg, Thomas J T P ^d   Emesz, Martin ^a   Grabner, Günther ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI BARRAQUER   (Spain)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Glare; Intraocular straylight; Iris color; Iris pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CAR DRIVER; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR STRAYLIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872359022     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2006-8     Document Type: Article

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