Electroretinographic findings in infants with the shaken baby syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-26

  Fishman, Craig D ^a   Dasher III, William B ^a   Lambert, Scott R ^a  

^a EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; RETINA; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031938845     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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