A novel device for assessing dark adaptation in field settings Neuro-ophthalmology

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Labrique, Alain B ^a   Palmer, Amanda C ^a   Healy, Katherine ^a   Mehra, Sucheta ^a   Sauer, Theodor C ^a   West, Keith P ^a   Sommer, Alfred ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dark adaptometry; Night blindness; Pupil dynamics; Pupillary threshold; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DARK ADAPTATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DARK ADAPTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PHOTOMETRY; PREGNANCY; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936108710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-015-0062-7     Document Type: Article

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