Paradoxical robust visual evoked potentials in young patients with cortical blindness

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-107

  Wygnanski Jaffe, Tamara ^a,b,c   Panton, Carole M ^a   Buncic, J Raymond ^a   Westall, Carol A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Pediatric; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349731588     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-009-9176-7     Document Type: Review

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