Isolation of focal rod electroretinograms from the dark-adapted human eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 930-934

  Sandberg, Michael A ^a   Pawlyk, Basil S ^a   Berson, Eliot L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

electroretinography; focal; multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS); retina; rod

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; SCOTOMA; SYNDROME; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL DISEASES; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0029966008     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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