Applications of the multifocal electroretinogram in the detection of glaucoma

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-258

  Chan, Henry Ho Lung ^a   Ng, Yui Fai ^a   Chu, Patrick Ho Wai ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electroretinogram; Glaucoma; Inner retina; Multifocal electroretinogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955365003     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00571.x     Document Type: Review

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