Mechanisms of TBI and visual consequences in military and veteran populations

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-112

  Goodrich, Gregory L ^a   Flyg, Heidi M ^a   Kirby, Jennine E ^a   Chang, Chea Yo ^a   Martinsen, Gary L ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR SYSTEMS; BLAST WAVES; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; GROUP DIFFERENCES; HEAD TRAUMA; HIGH RATE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MECHANISM OF INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; VISION FUNCTIONS; VISION PROBLEMS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECTS; VISUAL SYMPTOMS;

DEFECTS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

EXPLOSIVES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LOW VISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873411870     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31827f15a1     Document Type: Article

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