title: Clinical use of diagnostic tests.
abstract: Case histories are presented to illustrate a cross-section of work undertaken by optometrists in the Visual Assessment Department at the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology. The clinical value of ocular diagnostic tests is emphasized, with particular reference to the differential diagnosis in cases of optic atrophy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014787:Vision Tests; D014792:Visual Acuity