The utility of clinical electrophysiology in a case of nonorganic vision loss

Optometry

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 436-443

  Raghunandan, Avesh ^a   Buckingham, Robert S ^a  

^a FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional vision loss; Functional visual field; Malingering hysteria; Nonorganic vision loss; Psychogenic vision loss; Visual electrodiagnostics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RETINA; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 48949118323     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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