Cryptic cerebral visual impairment in children

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 960-963

  Lowery, R S ^a,b   Atkinson, D ^a   Lambert, Scott R ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33746542507     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.094250     Document Type: Review

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