The electroretinogram: A useful tool for evaluating age-related macular disease?

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-62

  Berrow, Emma J ^a,b   Bartlett, Hannah E ^a   Eperjesi, Frank ^a   Gibson, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Electroretinography; Maculopathy; Multifocal electroretinogram

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954818242     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-010-9226-1     Document Type: Review

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