Pattern electroretinogram in glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Ventura, Lori M ^a,b   Porciatti, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Neuroprotection; Pattern electroretinogram; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW; CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METABOLISM; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PATTERN STIMULATION; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SKIN ELECTRODE; STEADY STATE;

ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33646944376     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193082.44938.3c     Document Type: Review

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