Transcorneal electrical stimulation of retina to treat longstanding retinal artery occlusion

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1773-1780

  Inomata, Koichi ^a,b   Shinoda, Kei ^a   Ohde, Hisao ^a,b,c,d   Tsunoda, Kazushige ^a   Hanazono, Gen ^a   Kimura, Itaru ^a   Yuzawa, Mitsuko ^b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^c   Miyake, Yozo ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Kamoshita Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch retinal artery occlusion; Central retinal artery occlusion; Electrical stimulation; Phosphene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CORNEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 36348991883     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0610-9     Document Type: Article

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