Clinical disorders affecting mesopic vision

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 326-341

  Petzold, Axel ^a   Plant, Gordon T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune related retinopathy and optic neuropathy (ARRON) syndrome; Bothnia dystrophy; Cancer associated retinopathy; Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB); Enhanced S cone syndrome (ESCS); Fundus albipunctatus; Melanoma associated retinopathy

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE RELATED RETINOPATHY AND OPTIC NEUROPATHY SYNDROME; BOTHNIA DYSTROPHY; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL STATIONARY NIGHT BLINDNESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DYSTROPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENHANCED S CONE SYNDROME; EYE FUNDUS ALBIPUNCTATUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MELANOMA ASSOCIATED RETINOPATHY; MESOPIC VISION; NEWFOUNDLAND ROD CONE DYSTROPHY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NIGHT VISION; OGUCHI DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINITIS PUNCTATA ALBESCENS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SORSBY FUNDUS DYSTROPHY; STANDARD; SYNDROME; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MELANOMA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINITIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RODS (RETINA); SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33646685681     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00417.x     Document Type: Review

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