Yearly rates of rod and cone functional loss in retinitis pigmentosa and cone-rod dystrophy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 258-268

  Birch, David G ^a,b   Anderson, Jane L ^c   Fish, Gary E ^d  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS RETINA ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033504787     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90064-7     Document Type: Article

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