Preservation of photic blink reflex in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2736-2743

  Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Sekiya, Yoshibumi ^a   Yamamoto, Misao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Light reaction; Mitochondrial DNA mutation; Photic blink reflex; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; SCOTOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY; PERIMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POINT MUTATION; SCOTOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030341427     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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