Rod a-wave analysis using high intensity flashes adds information on rod system function in 25% of clinical ERG recordings

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1920-1925

  Nilsson, Josefin ^a,b   Wright, Tom ^a,b   Westall, Carol A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Photoreceptor; Retinal development; Rod dystrophy

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 48149107872     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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