Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of dark adaptometry for detection of age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1427-1431

  Jackson, Gregory R ^a   Scott, Ingrid U ^a   Kim, Ivana K ^b   Quillen, David A ^a   Iannaccone, Alessandro ^c   Edwards, John G ^d  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d MacuLogix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Dark adaptation; Diagnostic; Human

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FUNDUS CAMERA; HUMAN; IRIS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY TESTING EQUIPMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; DARK ADAPTATION; DIAGNOSTIC; HUMAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DARK ADAPTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84896337021     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13745     Document Type: Article

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