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Amsler grid

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Noun1.Amsler grid - a pattern of small boxes that is used for self-monitoring by patients who have age-related macular degeneration
grid - a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines


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One way to monitor your eyes to see if you need to visit an ophthalmologist is to check your vision regularly using an Amsler grid.
It has long been recognized that, presumably because of perceptual completion (or "filling in"), more than 40% of persons with definite scotomas in their central visual field cannot detect them on an Amsler grid (Fine et al.
One way to tell if you're experiencing AMD is to take an Amsler grid test.
 
 
 
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