Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2111-2119 , November 2005

Discriminative power of reading tests to differentiate visual impairment caused by cataract and age-related macular degeneration

,Accepted 30 March 2005.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.Supported by Medizinisch-Wissenschaftlicher Fonds des Bürgermeisters der Bundeshauptstadt Wien.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00750-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.03.080

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2111-2119 , November 2005

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