Visual function of a patient with advanced adrenoleukodystrophy: Comparison of luminance and color contrast sensitivities

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Sakai, Shinya ^a   Hirayama, Kazumi ^b   Ogura, Kaeko ^b   Sakai, Naoko ^c   Sudoh, Mutsuko ^d   Murata, Naoya ^a   Iwasaki, Syoichi ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Midorigaoka Ryoikuen Hosp and Home for the Persons with Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities   (Japan)

^d Hospital Home for Children and Persons with Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenoleukodystrophy; Color; Contrast sensitivity; Luminance; Residual visual capacity

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PEDIATRICS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 37349018023     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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