The enhanced S cone syndrome: An analysis of receptoral and post-receptoral changes

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3711-3722

  Greenstein, Vivienne C ^a   Zaidi, Qasim ^b   Hood, Donald C ^c   Spehar, Branka ^b   Cideciyan, Artur V ^d,e   Jacobson, Samuel G ^d,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

a wave; Psychophysics; Retinal disease; S cone; S cone system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA CONE; RETINA DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030296353     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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