The fundamental and second harmonic of the photopic flicker electroretinogram: Temporal frequency-dependent abnormalities in retinitis pigmentosa

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1554-1562

  Falsini, Benedetto ^a   Iarossi, Giancarlo ^a   Fadda, Antonello ^b   Porrello, Giovanni ^a   Valentini, Patrizia ^a   Piccardi, Marco ^a   Scullica, Luigi ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent latency; Electroretinogram; Flicker stimulus; Harmonic components; Retinitis pigmentosa; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032845681     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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