Negative electroretinogram in the differential diagnosis of malingering of night blindness in the military

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 402-404

  Sobaci, Gungor ^a   Erdem, Uzeyir ^a   Uysal, Yusuf ^a   Gundogan, Fatih Çakir ^a   Bayrakter, Mehmet Zeki ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MILITARY MEDICINE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINOSCHISIS; SYMPTOM; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 34247547453     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.4.402     Document Type: Article

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