Visual fields in young children treated with vigabatrin

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 767-773

  Agrawal, Shivi ^a   Mayer, D Luisa ^a   Hansen, Ronald M ^a   Fulton, Anne B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Perimetry; Seizure disorder; Vigabatrin; Visual field

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; PERIMETRY; SEIZURE DISORDER; VIGABATRIN; VISUAL FIELD;

BINOCULARS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

VISION;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PERIMETRY; VIGABATRIN; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 68049087819     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181a7b3fc     Document Type: Article

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