Evaluation of the electrodiagnostic investigation of children using the Greenwich Grading System

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-19

  Woodruff, S A ^a   Fraser, S ^a   Burton, L C ^a   Holder, G E ^a   Sloper, John J ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Electro physiology; Electrodiagnostic testing; Greenwich grading system; Investigations; Paediatric ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOSCHISIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0842302564     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700543     Document Type: Article

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