Use of the electroretinogram in a paediatric hospital

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 506-512

  Camuglia, Jayne E ^a   Greer, Ristan M ^b   Welch, Linda ^c   Gole, Glen A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; ERG; Paediatric ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSTROPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUEENSLAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79961208811     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02499.x     Document Type: Article

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