Quantifying rod photoreceptor-mediated vision in retinal degenerations: Dark-adapted thresholds as outcome measures

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-272

  Roman, Alejandro J ^a   Schwartz, Sharon B ^a   Aleman, Tomas S ^a   Cideciyan, Artur V ^a   Chico, John D ^a   Windsor, Elizabeth A M ^a   Gardner, Leigh M ^a   Ying, Gui Shuang ^a   Smilko, Elaine E ^a   Maguire, Maureen G ^a   Jacobson, Samuel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cone; Leber congenital amaurosis; perimetry; retinitis pigmentosa; rod

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DARK ADAPTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RODS (RETINA); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 19944430129     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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