Sites of disease action in a retinal dystrophy with supernormal and delayed rod electroretinogram b-waves

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 889-901

  Hood, Donald C ^a   Cideciyan, Artur V ^b   Halevy, Daniel A ^c   Jacobson, Samuel G ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP; ERG; Retinal degeneration; Retinal development; Rods

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP;

A WAVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD;

EID: 0029975887     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00174-3     Document Type: Letter

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