Maturation of the electroretinogram in children: Stability of the amplitude ratio a/b

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 422-427

  Flores Guevara, R ^a,b   Renault, F ^a   Ostre C ^a   Richard, P ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Electroretinogram; Maturation; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030245684     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(96)95626-X     Document Type: Article

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