Relations of low contrast visual acuity, quality of life and multiple sclerosis functional composite: A cross-sectional analysis

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schinzel, Johann ^a   Zimmermann, Hanna ^a   Paul, Friedemann ^a   Ruprecht, Klemens ^a   Hahn, Katrin ^a   Brandt, Alexander U ^a   Dörr, Jan ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low contrast visual acuity; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple sclerosis functional composite; Quality of life; Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness; Sloan low contrast letter acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84894258977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-31     Document Type: Article

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