Nonorganic (psychogenic) visual loss in children: A retrospective series

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-30

  Toldo, Irene ^a   Pinello, Luisa ^a   Suppiej, Agnese ^a   Ermani, Mario ^a   Cermakova, Ivet ^a   Zanin, Elisa ^a   Sartori, Stefano ^a   Battistella, Pier Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE BURNING; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; ORTHOPTICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC VISUAL LOSS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77649253986     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181c252b9     Document Type: Article

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