Worse-than-usual visual fields measured in retinitis pigmentosa related to episodically decreased general health

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-148

  Bittner, Ava Katherine ^a   Jennifer A Haythornthwaite, ^b   Diener West, Marie ^c   Dagnelie, Gislin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANFORD SLEEPINESS SCALE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872981824     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302116     Document Type: Article

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