Dissociation of rod and cone sensitivity by acute localized retinal pigment epithelium loss

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-340

  Krøyer, Kristian ^a   la Cour, Morten ^a   Larsen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Perimetry; Retinal pigment epithelium rip; Retinal pigment epithelium tear; Scotopic and photopic sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NIGHT VISION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RETINA TEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RODS (RETINA); TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 44649093312     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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