Congenital absence of optic chiasm: Demonstration of an uncrossed visual pathway using monocular flash visual evoked potentials

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Brown, Malcolm C ^a   Southern, Caroline L ^b   Anbarasu, Arangasamy ^b   Kaye, Stephen B ^b   Fisher, Anthony C ^a   Hagan, Richard P ^a   Newman, William D ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achiasmia; Albinism; Nystagmus; Optic chiasm; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ACHIASMIA; AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC CHIASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33748708835     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-006-9005-1     Document Type: Article

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