Changes in the optic disc excavation of children affected by cerebral visual impairment: A tomographic analysis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 484-488

  Ruberto, Giulio ^a   Salati, Roberto ^c   Milano, Giovanni ^a   Bertone, Chiara ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^a   Fazzi, Elisa ^b   Guagliano, Rosanna ^a   Signorini, Sabrina ^a   Borgatti, Renato ^c   Bianchi, Alessandro ^a   Bianchi, Paolo Emilio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33644863997     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0529     Document Type: Article

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