Vertical or asymmetric nystagmus need not imply neurological disease

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-180

  Shawkat, Fatima S ^a,b   Kriss, Anthony ^a   Thompson, Dorothy ^a   Russell Eggitt, Isabelle ^a   Taylor, David ^a   Harris, Christopher ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONES (RETINA); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; RISK FACTORS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0034018354     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.2.175     Document Type: Article

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