Nightblindness-associated transient tonic downgaze (NATTD) in infant boys with chin-up head posture

Strabismus

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 158-164

  Simonsz, H J ^a,b   Florijn, R J ^a   Van Minderhout, H M ^c   Bergen, A A B ^a   Kamermans, M ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dark adaptation; eye movements; motion detection; nightblindness; nystagmus; retinal ON bipolar cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHIN UP HEAD POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL STATIONARY NIGHTBLINDNESS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYOPIA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NIGHTBLINDNESS ASSOCIATED TRANSIENT TONIC DOWNGAZE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD MOVEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; SACCADES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77949901322     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273970903396893     Document Type: Article

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