Evaluation of phosphenes elicited by extraocular stimulation in normals and by suprachoroidal-transretinal stimulation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1411-1419

  Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Kanda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Kusaka, Shunji ^a   Nakauchi, Kazuaki ^a   Ozawa, Motoki ^b   Matsushita, Kenji ^a   Sakaguchi, Hirokazu ^a   Ikuno, Yasushi ^a   Kamei, Motohiro ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nidek Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial retina; Phosphene; Pupillary reflex; Retinitis pigmentosa; Suprachoroidal transretinal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHENES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 34548717003     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0563-z     Document Type: Article

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