Lesson of the week - Fear of the dark in children: Is stationary night blindness the cause?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7382, 2003, Pages 211-212

  Sidiki, Sikander S ^a   Hamilton, Ruth ^b   Dutton, Gordon N ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DARKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; DARK ADAPTATION; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DARK ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0037464907     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.211     Document Type: Article

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