Fundus albipunctatus and other flecked retina syndromes

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 571-580

  Flynn, Mary F ^a   Bohnert, Dawn ^b  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b Eye Associates of LaPorte   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Flecked retina; Fundus albipunctatus; Night blindness; Retinitis punctata albescens; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DARK ADAPTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA ROD; SYNDROME;

ADULT; DARK ADAPTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINAL DISEASES; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); SYNDROME;

EID: 0033196791     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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