Amax is the best a-wave measure for classifying Abyssinian cat rod/cone dystrophy

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Vaegan, ^a,b   Narfström, Kristina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Visiontest Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive rod cone degeneration; Diagnostic efficiency; Discriminant analysis; Electroretinogram; Factor analysis; Felix domesticus (cat)

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BRIGHTNESS; CALCULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PROBABILITY; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA ROD; TIME; VARIANCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644534515     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-005-3180-3     Document Type: Article

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