Assessment of patients with suspected non-organic visual loss using pattern appearance visual evoked potentials

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 502-510

  McBain, Vikki A ^a,b   Robson, Anthony G ^a   Hogg, Chris R ^a   Holder, Graham E ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non organic visual loss; Onset offset; Optical blur; VEPs; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33947602705     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0431-2     Document Type: Article

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