Pattern electroretinogram in glaucoma suspects: New findings from a longitudinal study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4300-4306

  Bode, Sebastian F N ^a   Jehle, Thomas ^b   Bach, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM AMPLITUDE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM PEAK TIME; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATTERN ELECTRORETINOGRAM; PATTERN ELECTRORETINOGRAM RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 80052341364     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6381     Document Type: Article

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