Impaired retinal function in young Labrador retriever dogs heterozygous for late onset rod-cone degeneration

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 365-370

  Kommonen, Bertel ^a   Kylmä, Tarja ^a   Karhunen, Ulla ^a   Dawson, William W ^b   Penn, John S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Dog model; Electroretinography (ERG); Heterozygous; Rod cone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINOPATHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031015570     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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