Foveal outer retinal function in eyes with unexplained visual symptoms or acuity loss

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1161-1168

  Weiner, Asher ^a   Schmidt, Matthew E ^a   Patel, Sangita ^a   Gussler, Carter H ^a   Remler, Bernd F ^b,c   Kaufman, Stephen R ^a   Kohn, Howard D ^a   Weidenthal, Daniel T ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0032449562     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.9.1161     Document Type: Article

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