Relationship between foveal cone structure and clinical measures of visual function in patients with inherited retinal degenerations

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5836-5847

  Ratnam, Kavitha ^a,b   Carroll, Joseph ^c   Porco, Travis C ^a,d   Duncan, Jacque L ^a   Roorda, Austin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Cone sensitivity; Cone structure; Fovea; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE DENSITY; CONE SPACING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCENTRICITY; FEMALE; FOVEAL SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA FOVEA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CONE SENSITIVITY; CONE STRUCTURE; FOVEA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883233403     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12557     Document Type: Article

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